Balloon Flower

Posted on November 10, 2015November 12, 2015 Posted in MiscTagged art, artist, artwork, balloon flower, banal, banal objects, downtown, fountain, manhattan, neo pop art, new york, Photography, photography blog, photography blogger, post pop art, public art, red, tribecaLeave a comment

Balloon Flower
Sculpture and fountain in Tribeca
Jeff Koons
2006

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New York 2015

Intarsia

Posted on November 10, 2015 Posted in MiscTagged artisan, artisanry, arts and craft, artwork, bazar, box, Cairo, casket, design, egypt, intarsia, jewel case, lifestyle, Photography, photography blog, photography blogger, styleLeave a comment

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Cairo 2012

Rainbow

Posted on November 9, 2015 Posted in MiscTagged art, artist, artwork, fork, james rosenquist, Photography, photography blog, photography blogger, pop art, rainbowLeave a comment

James Rosenquist
Rainbow
1961
Oil, wood and glass on canvas

Sold/Flak tower

Posted on November 9, 2015 Posted in MiscTagged architecture, arenberg park, flak, flak tower, graffito, Photography, photography blog, photography blogger, streetart, urban, Vienna, wien, wwII1 Comment

Street art on the the flak tower in Arenberg Park (3rd district of Vienna)

Flak Towers were 8 complexes of large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed in the cities of Berlin (3), Hamburg (2), and Vienna (3) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that had flak towers included Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Due to the very close neighbouring buildings some of the flak towers could not be blown up after World War II.

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Vienna 2015

At the Gasometer

Posted on November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 Posted in MiscTagged apartment, architecture, autumn, beautiful, brick, brickstone, coop himmelblau, design, entertainment, fall, gas tank, gasometer, indian summer, industrial, jean nouvel, lifestyle, manfred wehdorn, office, Photography, photography blog, photography blogger, shopping, simmering, style, Vienna, wien, wilhelm holzbauer, working1 Comment

The Gasometers in Vienna are four former gas tanks. They were built as part of the Vienna municipal gas works in 1896-1899. They are located in the 11th district, Simmering. They were used from 1899 to 1984 as gas storage tanks. After the changeover from town gas to natural gas, they were no longer used and were shut down. Between 1999 and 2001 the protected structures were remodelled and revitalized. Only the brick exterior front walls were preserved. Responsible architects were Jean Nouvel (Gasometer A), Coop Himmelblau (Gasometer B), Manfred Wehdorn (Gasometer C), and Wilhelm Holzbauer (Gasometer D). Each gasometer was divided into several zones for living, working, entertainment, and shopping.

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Vienna 2015