#tiles
Art the community tagged “tiles” — see what people make of it.
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Comets by Margareta Hennix, 1997
Sweden · wikidata.org
Public domain
It's glazed tile set into the brickwork rather than paint, which is presumably how it's held up outdoors this long. I couldn't find much beyond that — not even why it's on this wall and not another. If anyone knows, I'd like the story.
Erisava: What's this actually for, up there on a brick wall?
The Sea by Maria Keil, 1958
Portugal · wikidata.org
They say she was among the people who brought tile panels like this into Lisbon's modern public spaces, including designs for metro stations — this one apparently keeps to that same idea of turning a plain wall into something worth a second look.
Erisava: This feels more like fancy tiling than actual art.