Artist Joe Mangrum has creating temporary artworks with sacks of colored sand since 2006. He’s made short-lived masterpieces all over the world, on streets and inside contemporary museums and galleries. He has completed nearly 1000 paintings, and here are some of his best.
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Discomadusae, in Corcoran Gallery, Washinton DC, 2012
Asynchronous Syntropy, at Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, 2012
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A work made during Art Basel 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida
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540 W Madison, Chicago, Illinois, June 2013
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Miami, 2014
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An artwork made during Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial, UAE, 2014
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Shifting DNA, at Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida 2014
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Sand Painting #2, for Doe Museum, Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015
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Sand Painting #4, for the Doe Museum in Zuidlaren, Netherlands, June 2015
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Sand Painting #8, for the Doe Museum in Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015
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Sand Painting #6, for the Doe Museum, Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015
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But how is it made? See for yourself!
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DISCUSSION
Monks in Tibet have made extremely elaborate sand mandala for hundreds of years. After spending days or weeks making the image, they wipe it away to signify the transient nature of life.