Elsewhat

An art project was commissioned as part of the Apollo 12 program, which included pieces of art by notable contemporary artists, including a penis drawn by Andy Warhol. The tiny ceramic wafer was said to have be covertly attached to one of the lander’s legs and flown to the moon, though there is no (easy) way to determine if it made the trip, or if it is still in place.

The penis was famously covered by a thumb when the piece was covered in the New York Times. None of the drawings are particularly ground-breaking or even interesting, but they did have a tiny 13mm × 19mm of total space to work with.

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I wish I had gotten a better shot of this—a puppet made out of an entire building. From Mural Festival.

Alley piece by Chado.

I spotted some random streaks of colour from the end of the loading dock. I had to walk down a long ramp with dog in tow to see what it actually was. I’m not sure if this is an accident or the work of an artist, but I like it a lot.

French artist Tristan Blondeau makes these wonderful little Petit Prince-esque planet sculptures for what he calls his ‘Planetarium’ series.

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Found in Montréal’s Mile Ex.

This stunning piece was done by Moroccan artist Tima for the Montréal Mural Festival.

This piece by Menashe Kadishman was absolutely stunning in person.

Viewed up close, the massive scale of the steel work becomes apparent and its structural viability even more difficult to comprehend. With no visible evidence of the engineering holding the sculpture up…

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This is a photo I took a few weeks back of The Butterfly Chair, which was creating by welding together American 50 cent coins onto a steel frame. Created by artist Johnny Swing.