HOLA, COSTA RICA!!!!!!!!!

The country of the week will be Costa Rica. I chose Costa Rica because I am actually going be there this week. I am so excited!!

I will be volunteering in Cartago, Costa Rica through a program called Cross Cultural Solutions. While I'm not busy volunteering I want to adventure around the country and immerse myself in the rich culture. Stay tuned, I hope to get some awesome shots of art while i'm there !!

Cartago, Costa Rica pictured below

GIANT DOG TURD wreaks havoc at Swiss museum

A giant inflatable dog turd, yes, a giant dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy was exhibited in the garden of the Paul Klee Center, a Swiss museum in Bern.  In 2008, the giant turd actually blew away from the museum, brought down a power line and broke a greenhouse window before it landed again.  
The art work titled "Complex Shit" is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 yards from the museum before it fell back to Earth. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

TURD PICTURED BELOW

PAUL KLEE CENTER

The Paul Klee Center, which opened in 2005, is dedicated to the person, life and work of Paul Klee (1879–1940). It houses the worldwide largest collection of Klee's work. The "hills" contain exhibition space, a music and event hall, a children's museum as well as meeting and seminar rooms. 

GIANT OCTOPUS SKATE POOL

The pool was painted by a group of Swiss artists, named Nevercrew.

Video of its creation!

MADMAG

These pieces of street art are located in Geneva, Switzerland by artist Krevs Madmag.

Switzerland

The featured country of the week is Switzerland.  Located on Western Europe, it is bordered by Germany to the North, France to the West, Italy to the South, and Austria and Liechtenstein (never even heard of that country?) to the East.

Quote of the Week

“You could also say that street art is dangerous. The controversial aspect of street art comes from this truth - that it's not clearly lawful... that's why it's interesting. It doesn't respect the rules of materialistic society where everything that’s paid for is what’s allowed.” It’s a free art form that can’t be controlled, that can stand up to “the commercial spam on the street”.  

 -SKARF, one of the first Czech graffiti artists. His real name is actually Jan Zajicek.

The Mongolian Death Worm attacks Prague

just kidding.  Street artist  CRYPTIC257 created this exhibition on the streets of Prague.

The Mongolian Death Worm is a mysterious creature said to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is generally considered a cryptozoological creature; one whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed.

CRYPTIC257, POINT, PASTA, SKARF, MASKER, TRON

Above are the mysterious names of some renowned Czech street artists. These artists are professionally trained  and have work exhibited both in the streets and in galleries. 


Examples of artwork in the streets:

Examples of artwork in galleries:

GRAFFOMAT, coming soon to a hood near you.

Cryptic 257, Czech street artist has installed one of the "Graffomat" vending machines he makes, which sell masks and cans of spray paint - labeled "Use for vandalism only"  

Watch the video.

CZECH'in out Prague

The Czech Republic will be the featured country of the week, located in the heart of Europe.  I will focus mainly on the art found in Prague, the beautiful capital city of Czech pictured below.