Umbrella art installation

Annaïck Guena

This summer during the art festival Agitagueda, an artist suspended colorful umbrellas above streets of Agueda in Portugal.  These thousand umbrellas seemed to floating in the air. This explosion of colours created an artificial and bright atmosphere. This installation, which was a game between colorful light and the shades on the ground, changed the promenade in streets of Agueda, in wonderful trip.  

The photographer Patricia Almeida took pictures of this incredible installation. Her images of this magical “Umbrella sky” are saturated and brilliant.

This unreal installation is one example of the ephemeral umbrella art, and reminds monumental projects of land art.  In the same way, in 1991, the artists Jeanne Claude and Christo have installed 3000 blue and yellow umbrellas in Japan and USA, creating a spectacular effect.

The web site “Environmental graffiti” shows 18 monumental installations around the world, like umbrella trees in Greece or a red umbrella ball in Shanghai.   (152)

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-umbrella-art-installations-around-world/9696

Sources : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184151/Shower-colour-Artist-creates-illusion-floating-umbrellas-vivid-art-installation.html

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/colorful-floating-umbrellas-portugal