If that John Mellencamp song comes to mind, it did for me too when I arrived in a quaint Highland neighborhood in Los Angeles and laid my eyes on this special rendition of pop up community art.
The block was buzzing with professional photographers and amateurs alike hoping for that special shot amidst the pink glow. We saw pink dogs, pink motorcycles, pink hair all perfectly placed in their pinkness for our pleasure. Three Los Angeles houses scheduled for demolition got a short-lived second lease on life after an art group transformed them into a searingly-bright, Instagram-worthy art installation that's ruffled some neighborhood feathers. And I always seem to wind up in a ruffled feather situation...As inspiration, he (the greatest artist in the world) referenced artists who make grand public and nature works like Christo, Louise Nevelson and Julian Schnabel, as well as the Dada art movement of the 20th century. "With this project I'm encouraging the viewer to formulate their own meaning behind the work," he noted.
The block was buzzing with professional photographers and amateurs alike hoping for that special shot amidst the pink glow. We saw pink dogs, pink motorcycles, pink hair all perfectly placed in their pinkness for our pleasure. Three Los Angeles houses scheduled for demolition got a short-lived second lease on life after an art group transformed them into a searingly-bright, Instagram-worthy art installation that's ruffled some neighborhood feathers. And I always seem to wind up in a ruffled feather situation...As inspiration, he (the greatest artist in the world) referenced artists who make grand public and nature works like Christo, Louise Nevelson and Julian Schnabel, as well as the Dada art movement of the 20th century. "With this project I'm encouraging the viewer to formulate their own meaning behind the work," he noted.
For most visitors, that "meaning" has been all about taking artful and eye-catching Instagram shots
And it true Los Angeles form by an artist hired by the the developer; Styling himself as "The Most Famous Artist," former tech investor Matty Mo and his brand-focused art agency, created a dramatic pop up gallery that drew people by the thousands for a short lived instagram showdown of creativity.
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