Pothole Art
I have a bitter hatred for potholes. They ruin my car, annoy me while driving, and make the roads look ugly. Until now. Two artists will change your outlook on potholes with their artistic installations. Where once there was urban decay, now there is art.
In one of his projects, artist Pete Dungey used potholes as planters around London, planting flowers and grasses to highlight “the problem of surface imperfections on Britain’s roads.”
Juliana Santacruz Herrera decorated the streets of Paris with brightly-colored fabrics.
i would probably cause an accident trying to avoid driving over those beautiful flowers! love the fabric installation. the photographs almost make it look like needlework… on pavement!
The installation with the flowers look very funereal and disorienting – not a bad thing. I love the fabric, it somehow seems organic to the asphalt. Gorgeous!
Love the flowers in the potholes. I’m sure the flowers wouldn’t tolerate the conditions very well, but hey, that’s not the point. I remember as a kid putting a sign with a large arrow down, labeled “China” into a pothole near the end of our driveway. It got a few laughs, and eventually the state repaired that one.
Stan Horst
Publisher: BetterBenches.com
Also check out http://www.mypotholes.com
I love the fabric intertwining with the pavement too. Inspiring and colorful. I love the idea of filling up potholes with objects..art. It has so many good connotations. Filling up the holes in a lot of things within our lives and our world with beauty, design, positivity, life… making it whole again.
I favor the fabric design on the potholes because I can feel less pain if a car drives over them then the plants. Beautiful placement art however. Using nature in art is always beautiful.
Pot hole art lol, i hope it they actually work. I just ruined two tired from pot holes in a month. The colors do make they more appealing though.