Those are some very serious clothespins! A 2011 piece from Munster, Germany, by Generik Vapeur. Photo by Ingeborg.
Happy Pride Month! I love June, and not just because it’s typically the first really summery weather we have in New York. Today, in honor of LGBT Pride, I’d like to explore some rainbow-hued art.
Quick story: Beloved’s father was a generous and wonderful man. He was always very kind to me and made me feel welcome from the first time I met him. Anyway, he was crazy for rainbows. Though definitely not the Pflag type, he nonetheless had rainbow bumper stickers on his car, rainbow wind-chimes outside his porch, the works. When we tried tactfully to explain why he kept getting honked at, he shrugged and said, “Who doesn’t like rainbows?” So there you go. Wisdom from George, Sr.
Let’s start with the rainbow-colored origami street art of Mademoiselle Maurice:
This beauty is the Xiying Pedestrian Rainbow Bridge in Magong, Penghu County in Taiwan
Seth Globepainter’s street art features characters staring into multi-colored universes
Kimsooja installation at the Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid. The windows of this 1800s greenhouse were covered with a special translucent film to create rainbows visible from inside and outside the structure
Clemens Habicht’s 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle containing exactly 1,000 different colors arranged in the form of a CMYK gamut is available for pre-order from This Colossal’s shop.
John Breed leg rainbow installation for German shoe salon Breuninger last year. The work included 145 shoes and legs. More views here (totally worth a look)
And finally, this is a very colorful nutty-but-hypnotic music video for “Katachi” recorded by Shugo Tokumaru, with design and stop-motion animation by Kijek/Adamski:
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June 1, 2015 at 7:21 am
Beautiful pictures. I love rainbows too, Happy Pride month 🙂
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June 1, 2015 at 8:32 am
Thank you! And to you, too!
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June 1, 2015 at 8:43 am
Thank you 🙂
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June 1, 2015 at 9:16 am
Great post for a great purpose! Thanks, Donna.
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June 1, 2015 at 9:23 am
Thanks!
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June 1, 2015 at 9:22 am
my cat Big broke out of the house one night, first and only time ever, and was never seen again. there is a statue of st. francis that i pass everyday. he holds out a basket. one day i put a note in his basket asking if he could please tell me where my biggie was. when i returned an hour later a sun-shower occurred and st. francis was surrounded by a circular rainbow from the sunlight through the raindrops. i wish i could share it here. he was telling me big was at the Rainbow Bridge.
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June 1, 2015 at 9:24 am
What a sweet story. So sorry you lost your cat.
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June 1, 2015 at 10:21 am
I love the wisdom of George Sr and I quite agree. I’m not sure I’ve ever met someone who doesn’t love rainbows. Could I trust someone who didn’t? My boys all bubble with excitement every time we see a rainbow, something they’ve inherited from me. Indeed not so much now but when he was tiny we used to refer to my youngest son as our “rainbow” baby as he was born so soon after the loss of another baby son so he was the joy and hope after that storm. Maybe that’s the wonderful thing about rainbows: they can represent so many positive things in life.
That music video was mesmerizing and impressive, I loved the origami street art and I’m coveting many of those other rainbow art works and installations.
Happy Pride month!
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June 1, 2015 at 10:58 am
Thank you, Laura! You, too!
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June 1, 2015 at 10:59 am
By the way, the rainbow baby idea is wonderful! What a great way to explain it.
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June 1, 2015 at 11:01 am
I can’t take credit for it. It’s a commonly used symbol or expression in stillbirth support groups when dealing with pregnancy after a loss. It was a useful way to talk to my older sons about the new baby, however, quell their anxieties somewhat and for that reason it stuck for a while. I think it’s a great metaphor for emerging from any tumultuous period in life with renewed hope and joy.
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June 1, 2015 at 11:07 am
I agree. Thanks for teaching me a new term!
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June 1, 2015 at 11:16 am
I want to move near the rainbow glasshouse so I can enjoy it daily.
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June 1, 2015 at 11:33 am
Isn’t it shiny and wonderful?
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June 1, 2015 at 7:17 pm
June 1 starts hurricane season for us down here in sunny FL; you get Pride month. I like yours better. Happy June, Donna!
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June 1, 2015 at 9:34 pm
Thank you! May you have a hurricane-free pride month!
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June 2, 2015 at 3:49 am
The arc of a bridge . . . Perfect place for a rainbow! Thanks for your comment 🙂
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June 2, 2015 at 8:45 am
And thank you for yours!
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August 21, 2015 at 3:28 pm
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