Public Art Installation  

November 7, 2009

Saturday 10:00am - 7:00pm

Detail:

Internationally renowned Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez brings his Kinetic Art sensibilities to the streets of Houston, transforming the crosswalks that connect the central campus buildings of the MFAH with an optical grid of "zebra" stripes. The artist generously donated one of his original concepts to the MFAH, which calls for the streets themselves to be used as a canvas. A lead gift to help fund the project has been given by prominent Latin American art collectors Leslie and Brad Bucher; Mr. Bucher also serves as an MFAH trustee. Striping Unlimited, supervised by W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation, followed the artist´s design, painting the five crosswalks in advance of the 2009