Category: Almost art

Plein-air

Plein-air – street art?

Plein-air = painting in the open air. But is this a form of street art? [dot_recommends] Public easels and free paint for passers-by on Wieselgrensplatsen, Hisingen yesterday – part ofContinue readingPlein-air – street art?

Plastered wall

Plastered wall

[dot_recommends] Almost abstract photo of the wall of an early 18th century building on Postgatan near Kronhuset. The wall is plastered in a characteristic yellow ochre and caught by theContinue readingPlastered wall

Deerstalker in Haga

Deerstalker in Haga

[dot_recommends] A window display of second hand “gentlemen’s accoutrements” – including a deerstalker hat – in a shop window in Haga on the corner of Haga Nygata and Skolgatan.

A photo viewing

A photo viewing

A young visitor viewing the current photo exhibition at the Hasselblad Centre. The exhibition (“Hammarkullen – 40 years later”) is showing a selection of photos by Jens S Jensen taken in the Gothenburg suburb Hammarkullen over a 40 year period. Some wonderful portraits, many of children. … Continue readingA photo viewing

Concentric perspectives

Concentric perspectives

A bicycle stand made from a single spiral of quite thick galvanized steel tubing outside Världskulturmuseet (the Museum of World Culture) on Södra Vägen. … Continue readingConcentric perspectives

Curtain of LEDs

Curtain of LEDs

[dot_recommends] Winter in Scandinavia is a season for lights, and electricity is a boon. This curtain of Light Emiting Diodes hangs across a tall window in the Nordstan shopping centre.

Christmas Graffiti

Christmas Graffiti

[dot_recommends] A graffiti Father Christmas makes the V-for-Victory sign. Photo taken at Gothenburg’s one legal graffiti wall near the Röda Sten Art Centre.