‘Art Of Can’ – Red Bull’s extreme art exhibit
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry in Design
In Africa practically every traffic light is an art gallery featuring wire windmills, 3D township landscapes and hessian lion’s heads. But elsewhere – the stuff we try our best to ignore is regarded as ‘art’.
On March 4, Red Bull’s “Art of Can” exhibit opened on Miami’s tony South Beach. The show consists of 47 art pieces inspired by, and made from, Red Bull cans. The striking pieces include a Medussa head, a Hermes foot and a “Fab-redbull-ge” egg, among others. The event also incorporates couture, featuring designs by former contestants from the popular reality show Project Runway. The exhibit runs through March 14 and then again in Dallas, TX, in July. [via]
Makes us wonder what other ‘innovations’ we take for granted would be see as remarkable in the First World? Meerkats…mechanical meerkats?
