Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Montrose: Where the Weird Things Are

We shall see whether art can have a trickle-down effect: Glasstire reports that Patrick Renner will be taking a few loads of reclaimed wood and building this 185-foot “Funnel Tunnel” among the trees on the esplanade near Inversion and the Art League Houston at 1953 Montrose; the Houston-based sculptor will be piecing it together starting February 1.

Drawing: Glasstire

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13 Comments

  1. 1
    From Suwoopgang:

    First

  2. 2
    From SBV:

    Is that a vuvuzela?

  3. 3
    From Purdueenginerd:

    More like a 185′ vuvuzela!!

  4. 4
    From Ian:

    Air compressor? Check.
    Air horn? Check.
    185 foot vuvuzela? Check.

    This is going to be AWESOME

  5. 5
    From Sondra:

    What’s that gonna smell like after it’s had stagnant rain in it for a month? I hope it has holes in the bottom or the mosquitoes will be plentiful.

  6. 6
    From JB3:

    In the spirit of the area it should be designated the rusty trombone.

  7. 7
    From mek ju:

    @Sondra, We don’t want any more Montrose mosquitoes flying around, do we?

  8. 8
    From Larry:

    It is the most recent immanation of the old Montrose black hole (http://www.davidairey.com/focus-on-art-dan-havel-dean-ruck/). Enigmatic.

  9. 9
    From jefe:

    Can’t wait to see this. Patrick does great work! Is it meant to be permanent, or will it only be up for a few months/years?

  10. 10
    From miss_msry:

    Love his work, perhaps I should schedule a Houston visit.

  11. 11
    From Patrick:

    Ooh… the toddlers will love this. But will I be able to crawl in after them?

  12. 12
    From Greg:

    Nice! Can’t waite to see it.

  13. 13
    From doofus:

    Montrose!

    A place to get blown.

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