Joe Mangrum's Temporary Sand Paintings Are Pure, Beautiful Magic

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

540 W Madison, Chicago, Illinois, June 2013

Miami, 2014

An artwork made during Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial, UAE, 2014

Shifting DNA, at Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida 2014

Sand Painting #2, for Doe Museum, Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015

Sand Painting #4, for the Doe Museum in Zuidlaren, Netherlands, June 2015

Sand Painting #8, for the Doe Museum in Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015

Sand Painting #6, for the Doe Museum, Zuidlaren, Netherlands, 2015

But how is it made? See for yourself!

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