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Fear No Art, Continued...
 Photo: Banksy
The British street artist Banksy has redefined and elevated street art/ graffiti to a higher level since the early 1990s. Recent works related to the Olympics are causing controversy, which is clearly his intent! London authorities are threatening to remove the artworks, but we think they are relevant and worthy of preservation, even if he didn't get permission to put them in place. His documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2010.
Read the Atlantic Wire article
Visit Banksy's site
*This article is "continued" from last year's discussion about another controversial piece .
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Art and Sport
Photo: Courtesy LOCOG Copyright: ODA
With Olympic fever all around, we recently asked Transformit's "team captain", Cindy Thompson, about the relationship between art and sports.
When you were a high school teacher, you taught art, and you were the coach of the girls track team. What do sports and art have in common?
Sports and art both require you to use your mind and your body at the same time. Everything that we do in art, and in sports, ...read more
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FireFlys, Manta Rays or Sails?
 Photos: Transformit
We call them FireFlys, but the discussion at the Curtis Memorial Library, where these were recently installed, is whether to call them Sails or Manta Rays.
The library, located in Brunswick, Maine, wanted an art installation for the building's central atrium. In the current economy, there were initial concerns about cost, but because FireFlys are inexpensive, and ...read more
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To Learn More, contact:
In the US, Jamie Basile, Ben McDorr, Carissa Parent , and Ben Ray In Spain, Portugal and Italy, Matias Gravenhorst, Magrada ProyectosIn Scandinavia, Jeanet Halse, Zarkodi WorldwideIn Benelux and Germany, Roland deWit, BILI-NLfor press inquiries, marketing@transformit.com
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