Just closing some tabs with various art-bits from the last month or so.

First, some really cool architecture in the form of water towers converted into homes. 1, 2, 3.

Secondly, made my way to the Walker last week to see the big Picasso/American Art exhibit before it left, and I was fairly impressed. As I’m fairly uneducated in the ways of Western art, I couldn’t really do a good job of describing it, but this blog will probably give you a fair idea of what was there to be found. As it was also my first time actually getting to go through the Walker, I came away impressed with a few other things, and am resolved to bring a notebook the next time I go, as I forgot so much of what was there.

A couple of pieces did stick in my head though, the first is this awesome piece, Visions in Paper by Olafur Eliasson:

He’s done a number of other cool pieces as well, as seen on his site.

The second piece is Zak Smith’s Illustrations For Each Page of Gravity’s Rainbow. Essentially illustrating the events of each and every single page of the book, this monster project is on permanent display at the Walker, with all 760 or so pages taking up a pretty hefty chunk of wallspace. While not quite as impressive, you can go through its entirety online or get ahold of it in book form as well, all 4 pounds of it. On second thought, it might actually prove to be an awesome experience to go through it side-by-side with the original story.

And that’s that, more writings at some point.