STREET ART

I found an amazing, awesome site, Wooster Collective, founded in 2001 by Marc and Sarah Schiller and dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. You can read the Marc Schiller interview talking about Street Art and Outsider Art, here and here. Through Wooster Collective I found another great site of the artist Mark Jenkins. Today I like to share some of his amazing street works.

“Mark Jenkins, a world-renown street artist has been creating these unique works of art across the globe for the last several years. Based in Washington DC, Marks' process of cling wrap to packing tape is documented on the Tape Sculpture website. The pieces are installed on the street, in nature, for gallery installations, and even as part of a High School project in Elwood, Kansas. Recently, Mark branched out into clothed tape sculptures which gives the pieces an eery yet comical emptiness.” (information from Jungle Life San Francisco)

On Wooster Collective you can see How to Make a Plastic Bag Eating Giraffe

Praia de Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rua Pompeu Loureiro, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2003)

"In the words of Mark Jenkins: Making casts with tape is a trick I figured out how to do in the fourth grade but didn't make a full-time project out of it until 2003 when I started doing street and gallery installations with the Tape Men in Rio de Janeiro. "( information from Jungle Life San Francisco)

Mark Jenkins series "Embeds", the sculptures are made of tape and then clothes are added. You can see the video on Wooster Collective, and it’s great fun to see how people react to them.

Mark Jenkins street art

Update 1: The first experience in plastic wrap and tape made by Mark Jenkins was made in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003. Take a look in this Wasington Post's interview.

Update 2: My friend and painter Nancy Bea gave me an interesting information about the work of the artist Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 - January 6, 1996). He was an American post-modern sculptor known for his life-sized photorealistic works of humans, cast in various materials, including polyester resin and fiberglass. Worth to take a look here and here.

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FELIZ ANO NOVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FELIZ ANO NOVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR! TO ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD!

Voorspoedige nuwe jaar (Afrikaans)

Kul ‘am wa antum bikhair (Arabic)

Snorhavor Nor Tari (Armenian)

Shuvo noboborsho (Bengali)

Sun nien fai lok (Chinese - Cantonese)

Xin nian yu kuai (Chinese -Mandarin)

Stastny Novy Rok (Czech)

Godt NytÅr (Danish)

Gelukkig nieuwjaar (Dutch)

Happy New Year (English)

Kiortame pivdluaritlo (Eskimo)

Onnellista uutta vuotta (Finnish)

Bonne annee (French)

Ein glückliches neues Jahr (German)

Eutychismenos o kainourgios chronos (Greek)

Nutan Varshbhinandan (Gujarati)

Hauoli Mahahiki hou (Hawaiian)

Shana Tova (Hebrew)

Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen (Hindi)

Saleh now mobarak (Iranian)

Sanah Jadidah (Iraqi)

Boldog uj evet ( Hungarian)

Selamat Tahun Baru (Indonesian)

Felice Anno Nuovo (Italian)

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu (Japanese)

Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo (Korean)

Felix sit annus novus (Latin)

Barka da sabudar shekara (Nigerian)

Godt Nyttår (Norwegian)

Manigong Bagong Taon (Philippines)

Szczesliwego Nowego Roku (Polish)

Feliz Ano Novo (Portuguese)

La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit (Romanian)

Ia manuia le Tausaga Fou (Samoan)

Feliz ano nuevo (Spanish)

Heri za Mwaka Mpya (Swahili)

Gott Nytt År (Swedish)

Photos by Carlos Mascaro

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IT'S CHRISTMAS! - É NATAL!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS DEAR FRIENDS!

FELIZ NATAL QUERIDOS AMIGOS!

Beautiful trees, flowers and fruits in my garden! These are my natural Christmas decoration!

These Thuia trees evokes "The Three Kings Magos"

Lychee, wonderful tree in my orchard!

These fruits are just delicious!

Flamboyant Tree

You can see this species here and here

Hibiscus (double)

Photos by Sonia Mascaro

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You can see others Christmas pictures on Glance-Olhar

SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PARDO, SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL

São José do Rio Pardo as viewed from the Statue of Christ the Redeemer, situated on top of the most highest hill of the city. The statue represents Jesus standing with outstretched, welcoming arms.

The statue stands 55,774 foot tall. Many cities in Brazil has their own Christ Redeemer seated on the top of the most highest hill of the city.

Matrix Church of São José do Rio Pardo, at the center of the November XV Square

The bandstand named "Coreto Elias Fecuri" at the November XV Square

On Sundays night there is music in the bandstand. It's a great atmosphere full of people who just came to listen music, to meet or watch people and have fun.

November XV Square

This is the social club headquarters of the Associação Atlética Riopardense

"Raddi" is the most famous bakery and confectionery of São José do Rio Pardo

Photos by Carlos A. Mascaro

Update: This Statue of Christ the Redeemer, situated on top of the most highest hill of the São José do Rio Pardo city, looks like another statue of Christ the Redeemer, located in Rio de Janeiro.

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor) is a large Art Deco-style statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands 38 m (125 feet) tall and is located at the peak of the 710-m (2330-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the city.

You can see anothers photos of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro here , here and here.

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OLD HOUSES IN SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PARDO

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São José do Rio Pardo is a town located in the northeast of São Paulo's state. Those old houses are linked to the historical and cultural patrimony of the town.


Photos by Carlos Alckmin Mascaro

Update: You all are invited to see the beautiful post made by Jade, from Arboreality – Tree Blogging. She hostess the Festival of the Trees 6! And Leaves of Grass is also there!