The Magenta House
For the occasion of their fifth anniversary the Milton Keynes Gallery commissioned artist Michael Craig Martin to design the facade in 2003.
Artist:
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Michael Craig Martin
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Material:
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Lascaux Studio
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Completed:
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2004
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Location:
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Milton Keynes, England
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The facade painting transformed the building into a piece of art. This temporary art project was at that time considered the artist’s largest mural painting.
Like all public works of art it is exposed to
changing light, space and time conditions, and appears in a colour spectrum
reaching from sweet pink to rich velvet carmine red. The magenta-coloured
reflections shine over the immediate vicinity and are mirrored by the glass
facades of the neighbouring buildings.
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