Art Life: Part One

September 1st, 2010 | Design, Thoughts on art

Every city is full of those little artistic gestures, those flourishes made – sometimes deliberately, often not – by people who take the time to do things a little differently.I think they are too often overlooked – and I find them inspiring. Not as high art of course, but possibly inspiring for architects or designers looking for ways to inject more visual interest in our world.At Harbord and Spadina, a framed piece of fence, decorated with string that blow in the breeze.A city worker spraypainted the sidewalk, then dug up the bricks and layed them back wrong.In Manhattan, someone decorated the curb by gluing nickels down.