Hi all,
Check out this new art installation in Los Angeles. It is called "reALIze," was created by artist Michael Kalish, and depicts the image of U.S. boxer Muhammed Ali -- a world-renowned fighter. Muhammed Ali was also a member of the National of Islam. He was Muslim.
I am in interested in not only the installation's success at putting a 25 foot face of an African American Muslim man into clear view all over Los Angeles and the internet, but also its brilliant use of materials. The piece puts stripes into three dimensions - using air, light, and stark color contrast. The sculpture's use of stripes fulfills a double function here: to both depict and make ephemeral the image of Ali. As the wind blows through it, the piece transforms and morphs. Yet the choice to create an image in this way was purely practice: Kalish needed to allow the work to exist not only in 3-dimensions, but also to endure a 24-hour day outside (ex. wind speed, air passage).
As L.A. writer David Ng describes, Kalish teamed up with the LA architecture firm Oyler Wu Collaborative to create the 25 piece. See the full article here, including a close-up of the materials and how the sculpture is put together. Genius!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/giant-muhammad-ali-art-installation-to-be-unveiled-at-la-live.html
Check out this new art installation in Los Angeles. It is called "reALIze," was created by artist Michael Kalish, and depicts the image of U.S. boxer Muhammed Ali -- a world-renowned fighter. Muhammed Ali was also a member of the National of Islam. He was Muslim.
I am in interested in not only the installation's success at putting a 25 foot face of an African American Muslim man into clear view all over Los Angeles and the internet, but also its brilliant use of materials. The piece puts stripes into three dimensions - using air, light, and stark color contrast. The sculpture's use of stripes fulfills a double function here: to both depict and make ephemeral the image of Ali. As the wind blows through it, the piece transforms and morphs. Yet the choice to create an image in this way was purely practice: Kalish needed to allow the work to exist not only in 3-dimensions, but also to endure a 24-hour day outside (ex. wind speed, air passage).
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/giant-muhammad-ali-art-installation-to-be-unveiled-at-la-live.html
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