The thermostat says 22 degrees, but “real feel” is 1, but that does not stop us from art mostly outside art adventure! We started our night at the unveiling of HOTTEA’s large scale string street art at 730 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. I am a big fan of HOTTEA. He does yarn-based street art. I can remember years ago happening upon his yarn strung through fences and other public structures in a 3D font fashion. He does this work all over the world now, but he’s back in Minneapolis stringing 9,200 strings from a grid in the sky in different colors, under colored lights left to sway in the wind. This art was created during some super freezing cold days, based on stories from folks in and around Lake Street. Bonus clip of his talking!
It’s Winter Carnival Time and we caught the snow sculptures as they were being built at the Vulcan Snow Park on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. It was a quick look because it was only getting colder, but the sculptures are amazing. Some art charming, others are clever and some majestic. To see the folks as they are putting hours into an art form that will only last a few weeks – maybe less with 40 degrees expected in three days – puts time and effort into perspective. It will be fun to visit again tomorrow or Monday to see the finished products.
Munir Kahar is a friend, and I was glad to catch the last night of his exhibit at Mirror Lab. Keep an eye out for his name for art, music, performance – whatever he does is going to be good. His art speaks to an Imaginary Voyage. Munir is originally from Indonesia, I can see the influence, although the artist that comes up most when I look at his work is Catalonia’s Joan Miro. Fantasy and cartoon bring together environments and nature that separated in the real world. But what I really love is the old picture I have of Munir at the Minneapolis May Day Festival, below next to his work called Dragon Boat.
Mostly Minnesota 