So I started doing these drawings every day – minerals from a place deep in the earth, or instruments of great sensitivity and precision. This first series (these are 4 of 9 so far) I created with colored pencils. I only have a few colored pencils here with me in Spain – I will getContinue reading “One prism a day”
Author Archives: Elizabeth Pizzuti
Madrid: In Photos (I)
Cibeles and the Cathedral of Communications
On Saturday, I decided to explore the area of Madrid surrounding the Cibeles fountain. Here she is, in all her glory. The statue is not fully accessible because it’s at the center of one of the busiest roundabouts in Madrid, so the best spot to get a photo is from the bus stop on theContinue reading “Cibeles and the Cathedral of Communications”
Play, Space and Place
I so thoroughly enjoy artwork that changes the way we view our cities. Similar to the artists I talked about in this previous post, Chris Martin and Arnaud LaPierre are two artists asking us to rethink our city experience. It’s not about focusing on or changing small details in our environment, but more of aContinue reading “Play, Space and Place”
The Houses of Malice
Walking around my neighborhood you see a lot of these signs that start with “Visita G. Manzana” and then a number: Naturally I needed to figure this out. It turns out that the signs are the vestiges of a system created when Madrid first became the capital of Spain in the 16th century. King FelipeContinue reading “The Houses of Malice”
A couple process photos for Band of Love album
The artwork is an homage to the Japanese artist Sasakisan. I love the idea of a mineral deep in the earth as a metaphor for the heart. I listened to the band’s music for a while and started looking at images of Sasakisan’s artwork – he’s a Japanese collage artist who works with 2-4 maximumContinue reading “A couple process photos for Band of Love album”
How cool is this building?
Caixaforum is an art gallery and cultural center in Madrid, that I passed by today while taking photos of our neighborhood. In 2008 the architects Herzog and de Meuron coverted an 1899 power station, literally lifted it off the ground to create a covered plaza underneath. The higher levels of the structure are sculpted toContinue reading “How cool is this building?”
Elena Asins: An architect’s dream artist
Yesterday I went to the Museo Reina Sofia here in Madrid, and in ten enormous rooms on the third floor was the exhibition of Elena Asin’s work: Fragmentos de la memoria. She was born in 1940 in Madrid, and is one of the first artists in Spain to use the computer to assist her work,Continue reading “Elena Asins: An architect’s dream artist”
The eternal search for beauty
We visited Iceland after my graduation in May, and the highlight of the trip for me was visiting this tiny museum on the outskirts of Reykjavik. The museum is dedicated to the artist Ásmundur Sveinsson (b.1893) with a complete retrospective of his lifetime of work, and displays his artistic development with volumes and volumes ofContinue reading “The eternal search for beauty”
Flux/S, Richard Galpin and Joseph Beuys
Flux/S took over an open urban space at Strijp-S in Eindoven that looks otherwise unappealing to do some pretty fantastic activities. Let’s see, there’s an open symphony (everyone brings their instrument and starts playing), hula hooping, twister, and other play date favorites. This is the third edition of the arts festival and they chose thisContinue reading “Flux/S, Richard Galpin and Joseph Beuys”