NYC artist Joe Mangrum finishing his latest sandpainting in Union Square,
August 10, 2010
A combination of performance and street art, NYC artist Joe Mangrum brings decorative beauty and symbolic healing to our city with his sandpaintings.
On the off day of Union Square’s Greenmarket, NYC’s biggest farmer’s market, Mangrum used the space as his canvas yesterday. A winner of the 2003 Florence Biennale where he received the prestigious Lorenzo de Medici award in New Media, Mangrum has been creating public art most recently with his sand series.
The Netherlands refer to this technique as sand carpets used for special occasions and holidays only lasting for one day. While Native Americans and Tibetan monks used sandpaintings for healing rituals.
Mangum has documented his special temporary installations in a new book for sale on his site and you can view more of his globetrotting art.
Bags of colored sand used by Joe Mangrum for his latest sandpainting in Union Square, August 10, 2010
The finished sandpainting by Joe Mangrum in Union Square, August 10, 2010
Detail shot of the finished sandpainting by Joe Mangrum in Union Square,
August 10, 2010
