This wonderfully simple example of a stunning installation was posted on ArtRuby after photographer Patrícia Almeida spotted it in Portugal. How does public art get any better than this? Beautiful.
See a similar streetscape art project on Canadian Art Junkie (landscape architect Claude Cormier’s canopy of pink balls strung over the main thoroughfare of Montreal for an arts festival)
Categories: Public Art
Canadian Art Junkie 
Beautiful. Sitting under the umbrellas would be the perfect colorful retreat!
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Reblogged this on WE ARE KELLY and commented:
Deze constructie mogen ze ook wel toepassen bij ons op de moment.
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I’ve done something similar to this with hand-painted Asian parasols. However I hung them upside down in a multi-linear arrangement, inside. What I like about these is the sun’s play thought the fabric and and tight color scheme.
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Your arrangement sounds great, especially the hand-painted part. I agree, though, that the outdoor installation enables the color to shine, as you say.
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Just discovered the blog “Global Art Junkie” and this posting of an imaginative public art project in Portugal–which would certainly fit in Vancouver, in Yaletown perhaps?
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Definitely would fit in Vancouver, and be a fit there, certainly. thanks.
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I agree with all these comments – I just want to sit there for an afternoon. It would be great therapy!
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Right. I think the colors alone would be uplifting.
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I want to just sit there forever!
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I’m with you. It would be magical.
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Absolutely stunning!
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Very glad you enjoyed it.
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Today was a transition from a lovely writing retreat back to messy real life. I started the morning grouchy, but finding this made me smile. I’ve left it in a tab I’ve “consulted” throughout my day. I only wish I could trade seats with the man on the bench for a few hours!
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Very well put. I hope you find another bench somewhere!
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