In London’s Greenwich Peninsula is a glorious public art project by Argentinian/Spanish artist Felipe Pantone. First, let me explain what the space is about. It’s a new community that will feature 17,000 new homes (including nearly 4,000 affordable units), 12,000 new jobs, and 48 acres of open public space. The community is a modern design work in progress, and much of that work is just beautiful.
Now, to talk about the artist. His large-scale project at Greenwich Peninsula, known as Quick Tide, is just the latest in this creative soul’s body of work. Starting as a graffiti artist at the age of 12, Pantone graduated with a degree in fine art. He seeks to work with themes that tie the past to the present and the future. A child of the technological age, the artist’s work appears digital, though that effect is created using his mastery of how light impacts color IRL.
“Color only happens because of light, and light is the only reason why life happens. Light and color are the very essence of visual art. Thanks to television, computers, and modern lighting, our perception of light and color has changed completely.”
You can enjoy all of Felipe Pantone’s colorful work on his website and on Instagram. And you can learn more about Greenwich Peninsula on the project’s website.
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May 12, 2022 at 6:17 am
We have friends living in that areas so I will need to ask if they have wandered along to take a gander. I bet there are plenty of naysayers who don’t appreciate non-traditional architecture being erected in that area, because it is so steeped in history, but I always think more rainbow colours are the answer.
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May 12, 2022 at 7:54 am
My thoughts too. Thatch roofed cottages for me.
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May 12, 2022 at 2:05 pm
I love thatched rooves. I once spent an afternoon in a village green watching two men thatching a roof. It was a fascinating and intriguing process to watch.
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May 17, 2022 at 9:38 am
I love the look of thatch, but I worry about what critters are living in it.
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May 17, 2022 at 9:52 am
I have never heard of thatched rooves having anything more than insects living in them but now I am imagining a whole Wind in the Willows type village of animals living in little hollows inside the roof.
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May 17, 2022 at 10:08 am
I met someone in Cobh years ago with a thatched roof. They had to replace one of the supports from inside the roof, and when they opened it up, mouse babies rained down on them. I don’t have strong objections to mice, but they should not fall out of the ceiling on you.
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May 17, 2022 at 4:06 pm
Oh no! That sounds horrid!
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May 18, 2022 at 8:20 pm
I still have nightmares.
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May 17, 2022 at 9:53 am
Oh actually now I think about it I think mice and rats sometimes nest in thatch rooves.
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May 17, 2022 at 10:08 am
Yep
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May 13, 2022 at 3:25 pm
Agreed! I figured it was so close to the airport it needed beautifying. Thinking like a New Yorker again.
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May 12, 2022 at 8:35 am
Beautiful to look at. I wonder how some of it was made. Hal
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May 17, 2022 at 9:37 am
It’s lovely stuff!
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