the world's longest art gallery

At some point during our visit to Stockholm we had to take the metro/subway/underground.  One can't do all of the sightseeing/musea/galleries on foot when time is short and distance is long and feet are getting sore.  But in this city you might need extra time to take the metro after all.
Come and visit the underground art gallery with the world's longest art exhibition...

Tunnelbana : about 110 km long...

... about 100 stations, 90 of them with artworks...

... some 140 artists have contributed to the Stockholm Metro's permanent exhibition ...

.... an additional few hundred have added temporary art features...

... waiting to be explored.

Click on images to get the artists' names.

My favourite so far.  It seems that the most spectacular 'rock chambers' are along the blue line.  We only saw this one as the line was closing right then for maintenance and we missed the last train.

The first art work we saw reminded me of Hundertwasser, but in a different version...

I love these tiny feet.

Great little feet, makes me smile every time I see this.

a few links with more information and/or pictures:

the online brochure, also available for free in every station HERE

official site where one can view all the works by station or year HERE in Swedish

and a nice overview in this LINK

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art in Paris

disturbed SILENCE - sculptures

Monique Donckers - Transit - collection of the Psychiatric Centre Duffel

A pity I couldn't get a better shot at these, there was a little group of students in front of this sculpture that just would not move.  And the plastic furniture around it spoils it too.

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Anno Dijkstra - no title - collection of the artist

Every single small sculpture is etched in my brain, they reproduce famous pictures spread worldwide in newspapers.  Photos of people in situations of war.

I'd love to see my work OPPRESSION next to this.

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Berlinde De Bruyckere - Aanéengenaaid (2000)

from her series 'Dekenvrouwen'

More of her intense sculptures HERE

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Monique Donckers's site (click)
www.annodijkstra.nl/

The exhibition Disturbed Silence, brought together a number of artists and artworks that dealt with issues relating to silence and perception. The works were chosen and or commissioned with specific reference to the ongoing work within the Psychiatric Centre in Duffel.

disturbed SILENCE
5th September-7th November 2010
Stationsstraat 22c
2570 Duffel, Belgium

http://www.pz-duffel.be/

more in the previous and next posts
click 'disturbed SILENCE' label below to view all.

Léon Wuidar - Boutisses

"A few cubes echoing the headers ("boutisses") in the walls of the castle in the background , it is obvious. And also forms from the childhood bag ("baluchon") where I cannot help drawing my inspiration. As far as the walker is concerned, let him have the pleasure to find meaning that he wants, that he can. Let him deny himself nothing."
"Boutisse" : Walloon word to refer to bricks or stones with the width on the front.
"Baluchon" : Small square of fabric knotted at the four ends containing someone's belongings.

Léon Wuidar (B) - Boutisses - painted concrete

Couleur(s)³ - 12 artists - works in the open

Chateau de Jehay - Amay - Belgium

until october 4th 2009
click HERE to view all posts on the exhibition Couleur(s)³

more to come

Tim Segers - Youtheater.net

"This Spring the first amphitheater of youtheater opens on the Belgium coast in the city of Nieuwpoort, during the art trienalls Beaufort03. Youtheater is a network of integrated public amphitheater, a conceptual form of the original platform, foreseen with free electricity and video stream communication. In a nutshell all you need to make a public interventions from speeches to acts or a full live concert."

The idea of this sculpture is that people visiting it can make live videos that will be posted on the site of youtheater.net. The videos can be downloaded to be used on other sites.

On a closer look I was very disappointed to see that the installation wasn't properly fixed and was breaking in various places after only 4 months, it still needed to last 2 more.

The button to start recording the video did not seem to work. And later, when checking the site, I discovered that the thing was broken for 2 months already. Now we're 2 months later and nothing has been fixed.

Still, the sculpture comes in handy to dry wet clothes and collect lost and found objects.

http://www.youtheater.net

more works of Tim Segers : click HERE

location : Nieuwpoort - Belgium

Triannial of contemporary Art by the Sea Beaufort 03

28.03.2009 - 04.10.2009all along the Belgian coast.

more posts on Beaufort triannial : click HERE

Valérie Mannaerts at Beaufort03

If travel is searching and home what's been found

9 concrete sculptures placed between existing elements. Valérie Mannaerts confuses the public, the sculptures have to be discovered between other signs and questions : what is art and what is not?

location : Oostduinkerke - St André beach - Belgium

Triannial of contemporary Art by the Sea Beaufort 03

28.03.2009 - 04.10.2009

all along the Belgian coast.

more posts on Beaufort triannial : click HERE