The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. The term is especially significant within the art world, amongst curators, commissioning bodies and practitioners of public art, to whom it signifies a particular working practice, often with implications of site specificity, community involvement and collaboration.

Brad Downey was born 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky (USA)

Education
2003–2005 Slade School of Art - MFA Painting - London, England
1998–2003 Pratt Institute - BFA Film - Brooklyn, New York, USA

There are multitudes of signals and systems that govern our cities and imperceptibly determine our everyday movement. Artist Brad Downey stakes a claim for the right of the individual to interpret and understand these systems, and thus regain power in the public arena.

Like the term of public art, i hope you can enjoy..let’s see,,

A Fathers Duty, 2003
London, England
3 days (father), 2 weeks & 6 days (children)
Metal, paint, street sign

The father tried to get his children for 3 days, but eventually was taken away by city workers. The children were left to fend for themselves for 2 weeks and 6 days, but they were never able to escape from their prison. After 7 days someone wrote in black marker, on the white triangle. “Put it up higher next time Wanker.” If I had put it higher these children would have been even further from safety.

The fathers silhouette is based on Darius Jones, he always wears a hat.

Traffic Jam for Berlin, 2008
Museum Osnabreuk, Germany
Urban detritus, gravity
Photo by Just
Courtesy of the Rik Reinking Collection

The B in the Brad (aka Gmn = (8pG/c4)Tmn), 2007
Ashford International, England
Metal, street signs, light fixtures

Made for the Tour de France, public art exhibition Losto, www.losto.org

David vs. Goliath, 2006
Queens, New York, USA
1 year and counting
Phone signs, metal
Photo by Tod Seelie

The new Verizon design on the right is bigger and scarier than the classic New York phone design. So, I decided to give the small senior citizen flashy new tentacles.

Rubbish Suicide or Homage To The Bottle Collector, 2007
Berlin, Germany
1 day
Collected litter, wood
Special thanks to Jesus

In Berlin you must place your bottles on the ground in front of the rubbish can never inside. “Thats money”.

Wild at Heart, 2006
London, England
6 Hours
Street signs

House of Cards I, 2007
Berlin, Germany
4 hours
Roll of gaffers tape, construction barriers
In collaboration with the “JEW CREW” (Giovanni Goldberg, Izaak Brinkmann,
David Rubinstein & Abraham Downey)

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