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Title: "Dark Cold Matter"
Materials: Wood, Metal, Plastic, Cerimic, Paper, Textile, And Wire.
Location: Tate Britain Art gallery in London, England
Artist: Corneila Parker
Intent of the Artist: Ms.Parker wanted to do an art piece from an exploded view. Taking instperation from bombs during the war. To her an explosion is an 'archetpal' image, familar to us from childhood to adult life.

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Located in: Ukraine
Located just off Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( Independence Square ) is a beautiful floral clock that was just a joy to find.
An unusual and I would say unique floral arrangement, it's a cool-looking clock that looks superb, very photogenic, and makes for some great photographic opportunities, I took a few photos as I thought it looked cool before moving on to Independence Square.
Easy to locate on Heroyiv Nebesnoyi Sotni Alley and well worth checking out if you are in the area.

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Title: Skyscraper/ The bruges whale
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Materials: Plastic waste found at shores
Location: ArtScience museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Intent of Artist: To show how serious the pollution problem has become.

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Title: VisionII
Artist: David Spriggs
materials: painted transparent sheets
Location: Messums Wiltshire, England, UK
Intent of Artist: To create an illusion for the viewer.

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Title: blue - green rainbow
Materials: used were Plasticine, created rubber molds in 5 sizes, and than cast each dot. Resin allows for versatility. It can than be infused with glitter and diamond dust, and pigment and other things.
Location: The Kilachand Center for Integrated and Life Sciences.
Artist: Carson Fox
The idea: of the artist was to have some work of interactive video display that would bring science to the street. By highlighting the work being done in the building's various labs.

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Title: "The Cry of the Dead Whale"
Materials: Plastics recovered from the ocean. Such as grocery bags, water bottles, cups, straws, cutlery, and ghost fishing gear.
Location: Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila Bay
Artist: Biboy Royong
Intent of the Artist: Royong's message behind this sculpture is to spread awareness on plastic pollution. This sculpture represents the impact of human plastic consumption.

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Title: The Gate
Materials: Japanese Bamboo
Locations:  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Artist: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV
The idea behind the art:  The Gate is made, when she was researching the book. “Interestingly,” Bess writes “if you take a rhizome of his tosatorafudake the tiger bamboo from Tosa, had to show off a bit and plant it anywhere else, the skin does not develop the distinctive tiger markings”

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Title "Cardboard Cloud"
Materials: Cardboard, maybe glue, and tape.
Location: Norway/Oslo
Artists: Fantastic Norway Architects
They made this because they wanted to create an affordable and sustainable installation.

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Dock, Phyllida Barlow,         Tate Britain, London

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Aisha Coulibaly
Title: "Dock"
Materials: seems to be made of trash bags,tape, wood, and other materials that could be found in a landfill
Location: Tate, Britain
Artist: Phyllida Barlow
Idea: The artist was inspired by shipping containers on the Thames river.

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Title: "shukran"
Materials: Knives
Location: Beyond section Abu Dhabi art
Artist: Farhad Moshiri
The idea behind the art: The idea of this was a way to show sarcasm and thanks, the installation is of thousands of knives in all different shapes, colors, sizes, and types of handles and it's in the shape of the Arabic word Shukran which is the Arabic word for thank you
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This is local art from Minneapolis Minnesota. Minneapolis is known for the beautiful art work on some buildings.

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Title: "The Hated Flower"
Materials: Repurposed Flowers
Location: Coningsby Gallery, London (2014)
Artist: Rebecca Louise Law
Intent of the Artist: At university I loved the abstract expressionists, I wanted to create monumental colorful artworks that would make the viewer feel like they were cocooned by color. I have to say that my biggest inspiration has always been nature itself. I can never seem to grasp the beauty we have been given on this earth, every installation I make I try to capture an essence of nature’s magnitude, but I never feel close enough.

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Title: "Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii"
Materials: Televisions, DVD players, steel, cable, and neon tubing.
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Artist: Nam June Paik.
Intent of the artist: Nam June Paik drew inspiration from the US interstate highway as well as the large amount of electronic connection in America, combining them to create a physical metaphor of how much the internet influences everyone in the country.

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Title: The Weather project, 2003
Materials: Mono-frequency lights, projection foil, haze machines, mirror foil, aluminum, scaffolding.
Location:  Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.
Artist: Olafur Eliasson '
The idea behind the artwork: Eliasson devised a questionnaire for the employees at Tate Modern, the results were published in the catalog accompanying the exhibition, which also included a roundtable discussion about the communication of art, meteorological reports of freak weather events, weather statistics, and a series of essays on the weather, time, and space.

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Title of the artwork ; Nimbus
Materials used to create it ; Water vapour and smoke
Location ; Various museums and such all over the world
Name of artist ; Berndnaut Smilde
Idea behind the artwork ; He's interested in the idea of construction and deconstruction, where it can mean the physical building or a feeling of hope

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Title of the artwork-Field of Light
Materials used to create-Mixed media (optical fiber, glass, acrylic, light source)
Location- Red Desert in central Australia
Name of Artist- Bruno Munro
Idea behind the artwork-In 1992, journeying to Uluru through the Red Desert in central Australia, Munro felt a compelling connection to the energy, heat and brightness of the  desert landscape, which he recorded in his ever present sketchbooks. Field of Light is the embodiment of this experience.  Munro recalls “I wanted to create an illuminated field of stems that, like the dormant seed in a dry desert, would burst into bloom at dusk with gentle rhythms of light under a blazing blanket of stars”. Having developed the idea for over a decade the first Field of Light was created in the field behind his family home in Wiltshire.

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British artist Bruce Munro talks about the inspiration behind on his iconic artwork Field of Light. Includes images, video and links to exhibitions

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Your Name: Abdiaziz Abdullahi

Title of the artwork: Heartbeat

Materials used to create:100,000 giant white balloons

Location: Covent Garden, London

Name of Artist: Charles Pétillon

Idea behind the artwork: French artist Charles Pétillon has filled the market building at London’s Covent Garden with 100,000 white balloons for the Heartbeat installation. Heartbeat is 54m long and 12m wide and features pulsating white light, which aims to symbolise the beating of a heart.  Pétillon says: “The balloon invasions I create are metaphors. Their goal is to change the way in which we see the things we live alongside each day without really noticing them. With Heartbeat I want to represent the Market Building as the beating heart of this area – connecting its past with the present day to allow visitors to re-examine its role at the heart of London’s life.”

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Material: Recycled fabric and plastic
Location:Museum of contemporary art
Artist: Henrique Oliveria
Meaning of the art: Henrique Made this to show the changes mankind went through to get to were we are.In the beginning it shows matted roots symbolizing the beginning of mankind.In the end it shows tangled roots to symbolizing the transformation of evolution in the form of art.

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Parody Art Museum in Pattaya, Thailand, 2016
The animals presented in Bordalo II’s installations are species that are directly affected by this pollution and that could possibly perish to the effects of such waste present in their natural habitat. His installations are focused on questioning the materialistic and consumerist society we live in, they aim to highlight the excessive production and consumption resulting in a tremendous and continuous production of garbage. Since 2012 Artur Bordalo has created about two hundred animals sculptures using more than 60 tons of reused materials. His installations can be found all around the world so as to globally vehicle a universal manifesto.  https://www.streetartbio.com/artists/bordalo-ii/

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Title:Etherea
Material: Wire mesh
Location:Rome,Italy
Artist:Edoardo Tresoldi
Intent of the Artist: The statues are built from wire mesh so light can shine through them the artist wanted it to be the center of it all and let the transparency make them appear light upon the land “The installation plays ironically on the dualism between the pure and the filtered experiences that intertwine with one another,”.

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Title: My Eternal Soul
Material: Stainless Steel & Bronza
Location: Matsumoto City, Kagawa Prefecture, JAPAN
Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Idea: Kusama thought that pumpkins symbolized comfort and stability in her life.

Kusama Yayoi was born in Tokyo, Japan and she is now 92 years old. I am really impressed by her powerful energy. She says she had some mental health issues, but saw many polka dots in her dreams when she was a child. The pumpkins represent comfort for her. Kusama's bright and bold colors are very different from traditional Japanese art. Her sculptures are made of stainless steel and bronze. The title of her work is 'My Eternal Soul'.
https://blog.academyart.edu/when-fine-art-becomes-physical-an-overview-of-installation-

Masamichi Oishi

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Experts at Tate Museum describe installation art as "large scale, mixed-media constructions," but what does it mean for the artist and audience?

Installation art is also described simply as "environments" because the art occupies and transforms the environment where it is installed. Installation art is a space that can be viewed from a distance or sometimes interacted with up close. It is designed to be engaged with, either by walking through it, walking around it, or sitting inside it. It is not a sculpture, because it is a unified space, rather than a simple object.

Installation Art Defined

Installation art has many qualities. Installations are almost always 3-dimensional, occupying a part of the room or gallery where it has been installed. Other qualities include:

Multimedia: Installations often consist of found objects, electric devices, paint, smells and sounds.

Site-specific: These pieces of art are designed to fit within a specific space and cannot be moved without being changed for the environment.

Curated experience: Installations are a curated experience that vary from one viewing to another. What you experience in an installation is not what another person experiences in an installation.

Installation Unconfined

Hula Girl Dress Tent by Adrienne Pao. Image courtesy of the artist.

Does installation have to be a room? Not necessarily. Take, for example, the installation work of Adrienne Pao, whose piece Dashboard Hula Dress Tent is designed to turn the iconic dashboard hula figurines into a real-life, interactive experience. Viewers may stand back and watch, walk up and touch, step inside, and even speak with the artist for an individualized experience.

Another example of installation art comes from Benjamin Von Wong, whose pieces focus on environmental hazards, human interaction with the environment, and the future of humanity. Installation pieces by Von Wong vary, but often consist of beautiful arrangements of found objects and litter, plastic bottles and straws, assembled to evoke the beauty of the natural world. Von Wong's pieces use color, light and dynamic movement to draw the viewer in.

Strawpocalypse by Benjamin Von Wong. Image courtesy of the artist.

A New Art is Born

Installation art began well before the term was coined in the 1960's, as some artists like Marcel Duchamp were moving in the direction of installation art well before it ever became a recognized medium. Installation art began as a way for artists to expand the boundaries of what is considered "art." At the time, artists were quickly recognizing that art can be anything, anything at all, including a room or a physical space.

Installation art became famous through high quality pieces that captivated the world. Two famous examples, Kusama Yayoi's Infinity Mirror and Obliteration Room captured the imagination by creating a multi-sensory experience.

Obliteration Room by Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy of Flickr.

Infinity Room by Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy of Forbes.

Installation Art as a Multi-sensory Experience

Since the early days of installation art, installations have become much more, encompassing light, sound, and other multi-media options. One example is Daniel Arsham's Amethyst Ball Cavern, which creates a world that is simultaneously recognizable and alien. However, those who want to create installation art must first learn the basics of art and design and how to manipulate a variety of mediums. Creation of quality art requires true understanding of the principles of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design, and how they combine into one space.

Amethyst Ball Cavern by Daniel Arsham. Image courtesy of Moco Museum.

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Installation art is also described simply as "environments" because the art occupies and transforms the environment where it is installed. Installation art is a space that can be viewed from a distance or sometimes interacted with up close. It is designed to be engaged with, either by walking through it, walking around it, or sitting inside it.

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Title: children's peace monument
Materials: stone and bronze
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Artist: Professor Kazuo Kikuchi
The intention of the artist: to make sure people never forget the thousands of child casualties from the bombing of Hiroshima. the child in the sculpture is Sadako Sasaki while dying from leukemia caused by nuclear radiation she folded 644 paper cranes. the thing the child is holding up is a paper crane..

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Title: "Forever Bicycles"
Materials: Bicycles
Location: Waller Creek Delta in Austin,TX
Artist: Ai Weiwei
Intent of the Artist: Bicycles were important to him and his community growing up. The bicycles symbolize the freedom to move. The repetitiveness and size of the installation were intended to allude China's mass production. He used Shanghai-based Forever Company bicycles.

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Two monumental installations by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will open in Austin Saturday.

There will be a public opening and free family day with art activities at Waller Creek to celebrate and enjoy Ai's Forever Bicycles (2014) installation at the Waller Delta (74 Trinity Street, adjacent to the Boathouse).

Iron Tree Trunk (2015) will be on view at The Contemporary Austin's Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, with free admission that day.

A partnership between the Contemporary Austin and Waller Creek Conservancy brought the sculptures to Austin as part of the Contemporary's Museum Without Walls program.

In addition to being a internationally lauded artist, Ai has a had high-profile career as an activist critical of the Chinese government and has been held under house arrest and jailed in Beijing in the past. He now works in Berlin and Beijing.

* Ai Weiwei installations headed to Austin [Curbed Austin]

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Two monumental installations by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will open in Austin Saturday. There will be a public opening and free family day with art activities at Waller Creek to celebrate and enjoy Ai's Forever Bicycles (2014) installation at the Waller Delta (74 Trinity Street, adjacent to the Boathouse).

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This once dusty and average-looking village has turned into this sprawling piece of art. As opposed to a single piece, this village has art everywhere you turn. The artists (JOSÉ FUSTER’S) goal with this project was to bring art into his reality, and there was no better place to start than his home and the places around it. His main media being tile, he laid brightly colored pieces along stone figures to create bright colors.

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Title: "Crystal Wagner’s Flux"
Materials: Used plastics over 3 years old
Location: Walnut Creek, California
The intent of artist: Just to amaze the person walking under it and making a good impact by using plastics to send out a positive message
All the pieces to make this is reused plastics and metals and wires to put this all together and to give the viewer an unreal view and experience

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Title: “Shadow Happy”

Materials:  Pages of a hand-written book

Location: Denver International Airport

Artist: Brianna Martray

Intent of the Artist: 10,000 FOLDED PAPER CRANES

Once upon a time, I wrote a novel.  It took me 8 years and upon completion a New York City Literary Agent asked for a copy.  I reread it again, decided it wasn't good enough and never sent it.  In 2006, I started folding the stacks of manuscript pages lying around my house into origami cranes.  Fast forward to the summer of 2010 when both my computer and my back up hard drive are stolen and the only finished copy of my novel lives in 10,000 folded paper cranes, the shadow of thousands of hours of work, the history of my creative journey, remnants of a former self.

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Building Bridges is 6 pairs of hands crossing over a small river in Venice.it stuck out to me because it looks as if the hands are using al their might to hold the different sides together. it's absolutely stunning and it's so unique and creative every hand looks different then the other creating a unique piece like no other.

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Building Bridges is Lorenzo Quinn's most ambitious project to date. Six pairs of monumental hands bridge the basin of the Arsenale in Venice as both a symbol of our commonality and an expression of human aspiration.

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Kusama Yayoi was born in Tokyo, Japan and she is now 92 years old. I am really impressed by her powerful energy. She says she had some mental health issues, but saw many polka dots in her dreams when she was a child. The pumpkins represent comfort for her. Kusama's bright and bold colors are very different from traditional Japanese art. Her sculptures are made of stainless steel and bronze. The title of her work is 'My Eternal Soul'.
https://blog.academyart.edu/when-fine-art-becomes-physical-an-overview-of-installation-

Masamichi Oishi

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I found the Yard interesting because it's basically made out of all tires which is pretty basic but I didn't think that would count as art. This piece is located in the sculpture garden behind the Martha Jackson gallery in New York. The idea behind his work was to encourage the visitors to interact with it by climbing them and changing them around to make it more fun.

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hepworth wakefield alberto giacometti exhibition barbara hepworth contemporary art tire william pope sculpture robert rauschenberg harrow 1961

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Location: Krivoy Rog, Ukraine
This flower clock is made of different types of flowers in my hometown in Ukraine. It's made out of 22 thousand flowers, with a 22 meter dial plate diameter. It was designed by Mykola Levchuk, an 81 year old man. The idea of this flower clock was to create an urban oasis in the center of the city. Besides being a clock, it's also a roof to a museum below it.

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Location: Ayia Napa, Cyprus
The sculptural forest is made from inert pH neutral materials and will attract a wide variety of marine flora and fauna.
MUSAN is an underwater forest, the first of its kind in the world. Consisting of over 93 artworks some of which are in the form of trees, others which are figurative in nature. The artworks, in particular those which represent trees, are designed to attract marine life on a large scale and as such will develop organically.

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Underwater Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor

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MUSAN is an underwater forest, the first of its kind in the world. Consisting of over 93 artworks some of which are in the form of trees, others which are figurative in nature.

The artworks, in particular those which represent trees, are designed to attract marine life on a large scale and as such will develop organically. These installations will be placed at various depths from the sea floor to its surface and will be laid out to resemble a path through a dense underwater forest. Some of the tree forms will float just beneath the surface so that the whole structure provides a complex environment for marine life at all levels.

Marine life in the Mediterranean Sea has been seriously depleted over the last 20 years. The area in which the museum will be sited is currently a barren stretch of sand within a marine protected area. The sculptural forest made from inert pH neutral materials will attract a wide variety of marine flora and fauna. It will be sited within 200m of the Aiya Napa coastline and be accessible to both divers and snorkellers.

Among the sculpted trees children can be seen playing. They remind us of our need for the natural world as a place to explore, discover and fire our imaginations. Over the last 50 years children have become more excluded from the wild places that once existed. The forest children, camera in hand as they play hide-and-seek in the woods, point their lenses at the human race. They hope for a future in which the mystery and magic of nature will return. The need to re-wild our oceans is as pressing as the need to re-establish our connection to the natural world.

All of de Caires Taylor's works are part of an eco-art movement in which the artwork interacts with its surroundings and evolves in unpredictable ways. There is no final product, but an ever-changing seascape. Eventually the work of nature will supplant the work of the artist. The sculpted trees and the children that play amongst them will be consumed and colonised by marine biomass, providing food and shelter for a variety of creatures but importably reminding us that we are natural ourselves.

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Location (see map): Ayia Napa, CyprusDepth: 8 - 10 mInstallation Date: 2021 MUSAN is an underwater forest, the first of its kind in the world. Consisting of over 93 artworks some of which are in the form of trees, others which are figurative in nature.

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Title:  "Doggy Bags"
Materials:  Steel armature, recycled products, and duct tape.
Location:  New York
Artist:  Will Kurtz
Intent of the Artist: Positive vibes, comfort, and joy among all the visitors.
The pieces are made completely out of recycled materials, to highlight the need to reuse. There are 6 different dog sculptures.  Their names are Maisy the pug, Stanley the basset hound, Spicy the chihuahua, Harriet the English bulldog, Gomer the bull-mastiff, and Daphne the vizsla.

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Hiroshi Fuji makes a lot of his art from unwanted plastic he finds. He uses thousands of plastic bottles, bins, or bags in his art. Some of his art can take up to 20 years to make. The dinosaurs are made from crude oil, from the raw plastic.

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Lorenzo Quinn – Support, 2017, Venice, Italy

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material: resin
location: Venice, Italy
Lorenzo Quinn built this sculpture of hands coming out from the water to show a message to the people. This message was meant to be shown as a gesture from a Roman god. The main objective of this amazing sculpture is climate change and the roman gods coming out of the water as a warning.

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One of the most talked-about artworks in Venice Biennale 2017 was the monumental sculpture that was created by a celebrated sculptor called Lorenzo Quinn.

He calls his work Support, which involves two giant hands rising from a canal to support the building that houses Ca' Sagredo Hotel. The idea is to depict that the sculpture is helping Venice. It also symbolizes humankind's capability to destroy the world and an equal ability to save the world too.

Venice, known for its canals, gondolas, and centuries-old bridges, has an intimate relationship with the water around it. The sculpture that was made in time for the 57th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale showcases the threat of global warming and its impact on the relationship between the city and the water. Cities like Venice are faced with the threat of rising water levels from global warming.

The sculpture also calls for swift action in mitigating the effects of global warming. It reminds humanity that it has the power to make and destroy the world that it is and can use its capacities to deal with pressing issues.

Quinn partnered with Halcyon Gallery in London to create the sculpture in his studio in Barcelona using a classic method called lost-wax casting. The process involves making a mold created from a wax model of the design. This method has been used for several centuries around the world.

Ca' Sagredo Hotel
Campo Santa Sofia, 4198/99, 30121 Venezia VE, ItalyThe sculpture has been removed
While there are hope and desperation in the sculpture, the work also carries a special meaning to Quinn. He says that he is thinking of the future generation and what we shall pass to them. He says he is worried about what will be left for his three children after the damage has been done.

Recently, in a post on Instagram, Quinn retaliated that ' Support ' brings the message in black and white through the innocent hands. It shows that we can stand and curb the threat of climate change if we brought our synergies together.

Part of Quinn's work in the past also features sculptures with hands. Despite being a tricky part of the body to sculpt, he plays with it powerfully to bring out his message.

Some of the works include The Tree of Life, a bronze sculpture that pays tribute to victims of World War II in Birmingham, England and Love, a pair of hands that have been clasped and set in a ring in Millbank London.

Since the 1980s, Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal has been creating several large-scale hand sculptures, some of which have turned into famous landmarks. One of his most notable creations is the Hand of the Desert, sitting in a remote spot in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

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Lorenzo Quinn's giant hands sculpture in Venice

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One of the most talked-about artworks in Venice Biennale 2017 was the monumental sculpture that was created by a celebrated sculptor called Lorenzo Quinn. He calls his work Support, which involves two giant hands rising from a canal to support the building that houses Ca' Sagredo Hotel.

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The End of the Twentieth Century by Joseph Beuy's

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The End of the Twentieth Century is made from basalt rocks and were strung together. In each rock he used a drill to put clay and felt inside of the rocks to create unique shape and size. Located at the Hamburger Bahnhof, in Berlin.His work can be seen as a reflection on the physical effects of time.

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I found the Giant mushrooms interesting from Carsten Holler. The mushrooms are hung from the ceiling and  it is called Upside down mushroom room, it is located at the Fondazione Prada in Milan. His sculpture includes polyester, synthetic resin, wired, stucco, polyurethane, rigid foam, stainless steel, polyester colors.

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Originally trained as a scientist with a doctorate in biology, Belgium-born Carsten Holler is inspired by research experiments and the world around him. His works reflect social spaces like amusement parks, the zoo or a playground but he puts an expected twist onto each of them. One of the subjects he's always centered on has been mushrooms. Since 1994, they've been a regular feature in his works. Of course, in true artist style, these aren't your ordinary mushroom, they're gigantic ones, and sometimes, they're suspended from the ceiling! In 2000, he showed the Upside Down Mushroom Room at Fondazione Prada in Milan.

New Yorkers got a chance to see his mushroom sculptures in 2011 at the New Museum. Viewers got to feel like Alice in Alice in Wonderland as they walked through a side room filled full with huge fungi. His typical mushrooms are halves of two random mushrooms. Some, like the large red-and-white agaric fungus, are believed to have psychoactive elements.

Carsten Holler's giant mushrooms are now back at Frieze 2014. For the Gagosian Gallery's stand at Frieze, Hller has created an installation that mimics a playground for children. Within it, visitors will find a giant mushroom that's asking to be played with. It rocks from side-to-side.

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Giant Mushroom Upside Down Sculptures by Carsten Holler

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Originally trained as a scientist with a doctorate in biology, Belgium-born Carsten Holler is inspired by research experiments and the world around him. His works reflect social spaces like amusement parks, the zoo or a playground but he puts an expected twist onto each of them.