Great ideas from other cities that we’d love to see here Public art is surging in Sacramento, but some of our greatest potential canvases are hidden right below our feet.By Rob Turner From left: Stairs designed to look like books in Greenville, South Carolina; a temporary portrait of Salvador Dalí at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and koi fish adorning steps in Seoul, South Korea Books photo courtesy of John McDermott, Dali by Rachel Leigh, Koy by Julie Jackson The Idea Type #stairart into Instagram and you’ll find hundreds of eye-catching examples of vertical masterpieces. You’ll see a giant portrait of artist Salvador Dalí gracing the “Rocky Steps” in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, beautiful koi fish swimming “upstream” in Seoul, and a colorful “stack” of books in Greenville, South Carolina. These are just a handful of examples of stunning art found in the unlikeliest of places— underfoot on stairways everywhere. It’s true that our region doesn’t offer much in the way of natural elevation (Sacramento is “very flat, flatter than most people can imagine,” Joan Didion told The Paris Review), but there are more than enough stairs around to help elevate our art scene with clever works that double as three-dimensional delights. Imagine a stack of books—perhaps the works of Ms. Didion—at one of our libraries (those pictured above were vinyl decals that lasted a few months to promote book donations) or images of great artists—Wayne Thiebaud, for starters—covering the steps of the Crocker Art Museum. River Walk Park in West Sacramento, facing Old Sacramento across the river, also has dozens of steps begging for a painter’s brush. The Players The Bottom Line Powered by WPeMatico The post Elevating Art appeared first on OriginalArt. via OriginalArt https://ift.tt/2P5sg2o
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