A very small forest in Market Square — not leafy green yet, but the color of black Chinese ink.
“A Winter Landscape: Cradling Bits of Sparkle” by artist Jennifer Wen Ma, is the second major installation in the Market Square Public Art Program. It will fill the center of Market Square through April 12, beginning Feb. 19 when the barriers come down and the public can walk through it.
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Last year, I was fortunate enough to be able to go see the Congregation exhibit in Market Square. The installation made me so happy for a number of reasons. First off, it was displaying art to such a large, public audience. If you watch the video of Congregation, you will see many small children’s faces light up because of the interactivity and fascinating lights on display. To the kids, it may be just a fun time, but to the families, it is introducing art into their lives subtly, not hitting them over the head with it. I’m looking forward to going to see the new installation, “A Winter Landscape”. I love that they are bringing in new, fresh installations each year, despite if last year’s was a success or failure. Part of me however wishes that the installations ran longer or in different seasons other than winter, because more tourists will be visiting in the warmer seasons and going to see that area of town by the Point and the Cultural District.
I agree Ben, that it would be really nice if there were more exhibits at varied times. I love that this is happening, I believe that more interactive and/or public art displays inspire a mentality of thinking of everything as art. It really invites the audiences to appreciate what they see around them and it would be great if everything started to lean more and more towards really valuing everything around us and examining how we affect the world as well as how it affects us. I think a lot can be conveyed in such public art displays that aren't necessarily intrusive and don't share a lot of the same negative connotations as a lot of art seems to now. We have a society that does a pretty awful job of introducing children to art without making it seem like a chore for them so if we could really work more on making art free and available maybe the arts would be taken more seriously as a whole.
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