1. Policy, Painted Or Set In Stone.
- Author
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Schwendener, Martha
- Subjects
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ARTISTS , *PAINTING , *VISIONARY architecture - Abstract
Can artists change the world? They aren't granted as many opportunities as politicians or armies. But when all else fails, the visionary thinking of artists has become public policy. Ten years ago an artist turned mayor painted dilapidated buildings with bright primary colors in Tirana, Albania, performing a kind of art therapy on a depressed city. And in Bogota, Colombia, traffic police were replaced with mimes in the hope of supplanting corruption and violence with playful street theater. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2011