Cracking Art installation at Le Mans Cathedral in 2015, France
© Michel GILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Image
A meerkat invasion. Installation art turns heads
If you ever encounter a giant plastic snail in the city or an army of rainbow-colored meerkats holding sentry outside a historic building, it’s likely an art installation from the Cracking Art collective. The group uses recyclable plastic to craft vivid representations of meerkats, elephants, snails, and other natural creatures for traveling art installations in unexpected locations. The collective’s use of plastic is meant to call attention to the sometimes blurry connection between natural and artificial reality, inviting viewers to reexamine the world around them. The meerkat exhibit on our homepage took place in 2015 at Le Mans Cathedral in Le Mans, France.
Related Images
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
Painted and leaded glass window panel on display at the Florence Nightingale Museum, London, England
Flag above the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii
The 'Crown of Light' installation is projected onto Durham Cathedral during the 2013 Lumiere Durham festival in England
The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nevada
Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn, New York
Today Bing
Small loch in Glen Etive, Scotland
Jun 11, 2021
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Jun 11, 2018
Exterior of Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India
Jun 11, 2016
