Grand art at LAX

Next time you arrive in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), look up. You will discover three amazing new pieces of art, installed here to give the newly redesigned Tom Bradley International Terminal a distinct artistic touch.

Airport World reports that the giant works of art are called Bell Tower, Air Garden and ΣLAX. Located on the mezzanine level of the terminal’s Departures Hall, Mark Bradford’s monumental sculpture Bell Tower can be viewed by the general public and ticketed passengers alike. The sculpture’s multi-layered, collage-like surface consists of 712 individual shaped panels cut from salvaged plywood and posters collected from construction sites throughout Los Angeles, which have been sanded and treated to create a more cohesive surface, leaving only abstracted traces of the original materials.`

In the heart of the terminal’s Great Hall, Air Garden is a large-scale sculptural installation filling the terminal’s north light well with a sinuous, dynamic cloud of colour. The ΣLAX artwork consists of 23.86 miles of custom-dyed cordage in three distinct colour palettes. The work also includes 7,484 gold brackets – eleven of which are actual 14K gold. 

Further reading on airport-world.com