Posted on 06/04/2023 5:28:49 AM PDT by C19fan
The City of Miami Beach is suing an internationally acclaimed artist that had been hired to create a colorful tiled artwork on the side of Miami Beach Convention Center.
But just months after being completed in July 2019, the artwork consisting of red, green, black, blue, white and pink tiles became a safety hazard as the ceramic squares suddenly started cracking and falling off the wall.
The city had to put up a protective covering over parts of the artwork to prevent anyone from being injured as the tiles came away and smashed onto the ground.
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They could have gotten some high school kids to paint a mural instead of this high priced obvious crap.
They guys an artist. Not an architect and not a tile installer. You would figure the city would know the difference.
There’s one born every minute.
$1.1 million for that tile design. Wonderful.
And I thought the guy tiling my bathroom was a bit over priced. Just glad I didnt hire her outfit!
Hunter emerges.
Did the artwork suck? Maybe that was a feature, not a bug.
“This mural will self-destruct in five months.”
Government art is never subtle and blending and enhancing a space or view, it is always garish and intrusive, and huge, it intrudes into the space like an invasive species.
Da Vinci and Mona are laughing their asses off. Artists just aren’t what they used to be.
Longevity for the project was not factored into the asking price- that would cost extra-
Lol! That stuff is pretty tough.
We had a new Catholic church in the town I grew up in with a tile mural from the ground to the top of the steeple.It had a chronic tile falling issue. Also, went to school in Boston during the Hancock window fiasco.
“Maybe that was a feature, not a bug.”
May be.....perhaps the artist was attempting to visually describe the state of our country in general.......if that’s the case, the guy’s a genius.
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/installation-art-guide
I guess the City of Miami Beach skipped over #3.
“Here are four characteristics of installation art:
1. Non-collectible: Unlike with a painting or small sculpture, patrons don’t usually have the ability to purchase installation art to display in their home due to the works’ size, scope, and uniqueness or significance.
2. Large in scale: The pieces are most often created to be site-specific in locations like rehabbed warehouses, large rooms in a gallery space or museum, or even in a public art space.
3. Temporary: Nearly all installation pieces are created to be temporary, whether the display period is a few months or a few years. There is a modern trend in the art world of traveling shows, in which an artist will set up then disassemble an interactive piece in several galleries or museums over the course of several years.
4. Sensory-rich: The installations invite the viewer to become part of the scene by creating an all-encompassing environment the viewer can physically enter—or by using light, sound, or smell to create a complete environment.”
This appears to be poor installation which unless the artist herself did install it, which I highly doubt, falls on the contractor, who’s either used substandard/incorrect materials for installation of failed to follow proper installation practices for said materials.
Wouldn’t matter if the art were “modern” or classical.
lol - exactly. Did they require a warranty in the contract? They asked for art, did they also pull permits? Have an inspection? Consult a civil engineer? Consider that an artist might not know to do so?
Number 4 is of great importance to those who have experienced the “sensory rich” aspect of being as “struck” by the visual effects as well as stuck by a falling tile. Only a lucky few...I’m sure.
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