Coremodels
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Brewmaster wrote Maybe...I've only lived here 5-ish years. I know there is a field full of big white ears of corn in Dublin. We could do anything though. Cows would be fun and play on the "cow town" rap we always get, but Chicago already did the cows. Any other ideas?
I'm actually quite serious about the Tomatoes in Reynoldsburg.
artbomb112
The Heights
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Yeah... they did the corn thing. I remember an artist friend of mine doing one. I didn't really understand until I went to Buffalo.
I don't think it was a bad idea.. but I think I would rather see some major pieces of artwork put in place. Sol LeWitt. Claus Oldenburg. Something like that.
I would love to help with this if someone gets it started. I won't be at the CU meet up though... there is an OAL MCE review that day.
Manatee
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Brewmaster wroteartbomb112 wrote Didn't they do the corn thing already...?Maybe I am losing my mind. This thread is like the story of Sisyphus.
Maybe...I've only lived here 5-ish years. I know there is a field full of big white ears of corn in Dublin. We could do anything though. Cows would be fun and play on the "cow town" rap we always get, but Chicago already did the cows. Any other ideas?
Yeah, the corn is played. What's the other things Columbus is known for? I don't know... how about... brick buildings? :) Pretty exciting!
And if Claes does anything here, it'd better be a soft Wendy's burger 8)
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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Maybe we can have artists deface 4 ft. tall Cristopher Columbus statues?
Tiny Clipper ships?
Huge revolutionary war hats?
1 ft. thick, 4 ft. tall cut outs shaped like Ohio?
artbomb112
The Heights
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I would make something of out an Ohio.
Manatee
The eternal present
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I think it's interesting that we're having such a hard time finding a regional motif for Columbus... monoculture, anyone? Come on guys, we've got to come up with something good. Maybe even make it up out of whole cloth.
If I had a giant Ohio to work with, I'm afraid I'd have to swirl one side with perfect green rows of monoculture crops, then use the back side as a parking lot. Say it ain't so!
mightymighty
North Side
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Walker wrotemightymighty wrote I think contacting the Young Professionals Commission is a great idea. I've met with a few of their members in the past briefly to talk about curating a show that never panned out (I didn't have the time to commit to it, and there was no venue). My impression was that they may be willing to get involved especially if it can somehow increase their networking abilities. Talking to them can't hurt! :)Who did you meet with that gave you the impression that their networking was an important part of it? Some of the folks in there are of that mindset, but I know a lot of them (myself included) just want to help make Columbus a better city, and really don't care for the "business networking" side of things.
The details of that situation is just a big ole bag of gossip and not something I'm inclined to post publicly no matter how I feel about that individual (not that I'm saying that's what you were asking for... but anyways)
I think that networking is networking, and is no bad thing. And things that can help a business can help a community as well. It's all that 'band together' ' no man is an island' business. The more you know the more you grow... I need coffee.
This thread has gone all silly :) I remember the corn sculpture-paintings a few years back. I wish we could do something with cows, but that's been taken.
And one more random bit before I go to work, Art and the business of being an Artist is a business. If you are making something to sell, it's a business. If you're doing it for fun, it's a hobby. Doesn't make what you're doing any less powerful or impacting (the object doesn't know, or care after all). But you can't eat or pay the rent unless you make some cash. And if you sell your work to make cash, you're in business. wee!
trygr
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Creating an organization to help local artists connect with businesses is an excellent idea. I think Adam has said it already and experienced it as well that one needs Time and Money. You need AT LEAST three people who can dedicate themselves to 10-20 hours per week of volunteering to successfully get an NGO up and running strongly. You need $$ to for infrastructure of such an organization. In my days at Milo and BLD this conversation come up at least a dozen times. At Milo efforts went as far as creating a non-profit. At BLD, it happened anarchically, DIY-style. It is a REAL commitment. I think that is the difficulty.
jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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well, i'm glad i brought this up, it seems to have peeked everyone's interest and started the engines, but the question is, can we really do anything about it. we'll see. and one more thing, i wish the artists on this thread would stop bashing each other or that will be just one more obstacle to prevent this grand vision from ever happening. we need to work together and respect each other's visions. everyone has their own tastes, deal with it. i've seen alot of art that i don't like, but the fact that it was there made me look and made me think about it. it's better than nothing.
one more thing, i don't want to see a bunch of corn around town with corporate names on them. that's what the giant advertisements are for, which i still like. don't get me wrong, it's good to think outside the box, but no corporate advertisements on art, i won't endorse it.
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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jpizzow wrote one more thing, i don't want to see a bunch of corn around town with corporate names on them. that's what the giant advertisements are for, which i still like. don't get me wrong, it's good to think outside the box, but no corporate advertisements on art, i won't endorse it.
Not an advertisement...a plaque at the base stating which corporation sponsored that particular piece. Where is your grand project going to get it's money from?
Coremodels
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if it's good enough for the Met...
http://www.metmuseum.org/ways_to_give/corporate/sponsorship/benefits
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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Coremodels wrote if it's good enough for the Met...http://www.metmuseum.org/ways_to_give/corporate/sponsorship/benefits
Exactly! Companies sponsor art exhibits, but that doesn't mean that you're going to go to the CMA and find an exhibit consisting of nothing but Nationwide Insurance logos.
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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artbomb112 wrote And as far as you not being a networking person Walker.... I do believe you run one of the largest message boards in town. Though it may not be business related... you are networking. You put a call out... and 20+ people come running. Just look at the GCAC meeting announcement you put out.... did they not come?
Well, I guess "networking" is too broad of a term for me to use it in the way that I meant it inside my own head. :lol:
adamcrumart
Columbus
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MY suggestion, we could start a mural crew, do a couple of multiple artist murals to photo reference, take the photos to the city see if there are any crack houses that to be prettified, (we could body paint a crackhoe)or ware houses,or in response to the corn cow, tomato thing, we could do buses for c-bus, or bustown
NikosFyodor
Victorian Village
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I'm sure that this topic is pretty much like beating a dead horse, but I personally don't like the idea of doing any more of these painted sculpture things, anywhere. Damn near every slightly cosmopolitan city in America has done one of these things. Dinosaurs. Pandas. Corn. Genitalia. It's all been done before. Doesn't it kind of feel like tagging a Jeff Koons sculpture after awhile?
The lamest part to me, is that the way those things are structured is usually as follows: an committee made up of "art professionals" judges entries based on their merit, then corporate sponsors pick the designs that they like best. Even if your submissions are accepted, you are not guaranteed to actually work on one.
Do we really need any more corporations deciding what the public art in Columbus should be? Sherri Geldin made the point several weeks ago at a University District Roundtable that public art funded by public funds should be decided upon by art experts. I don't know who would be on the list of experts, and I don't know if the public would be content with the results, but I'd personally be happy if I never saw another Canaletto piece erected in Columbus, or another defaced fiberglass resin vegetable.
NikosFyodor
Victorian Village
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Actually scratch that! I have an excellent Public Art Project idea! I think that somebody should go around and collect up an example of these penguins, dinosaurs, ears of corn, guitars, and what-not from every city thats done one of these painted sculpture projects. Then we'll take them and cast them in bronze and put them in a centralized location as a sort of monument to the anti-monumental. It may be ironic, postmodern, and rather smarmy but I'd bet my drawing hand that the public would love it whether they're in on the joke or not!
You know, that big lawn that the old Union Station arch rests at would be a perfect place!
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