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Blue about public art?
Want to spark a heated conversation in a instant? Select a piece of contemporary public art and ask people whether or not they like.
American-Statesman transportation reporter Ben Wear does just that by again reminding Austinites ot architect/artist Carl Trominski’s “Moments,” the series of blue rectangles that line the Lamar Boulevard underpass. Scroll to the end of Wear’s column if you want to see the volume of responses.
Personally, I find “Moments” underwhelming. The use of quotidian road sign materials (i.e. blue reflective panels), is clever. But like so much conceptual art that misses the mark, “Moments” doesn’t have enough of a fully flushed-out concept behind it. In short, it falls short.
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