Brilliance

SYRACUSE -- Slice off the top layer of a gently flowing river twinkling in the sun, and then drape it across a building. That's what Ned Kahn's metallic installations look like to me... and they're simply gorgeous.
This photo is of a facade Kahn created for a parking lot in North Carolina. A parking lot! This California-based artist (who last year won the prestigious National Design Award for landscape design) can make even the drabest of structures look dazzling. He does this using tapestries of tiny, lightweight metal squares woven together with wire. They flutter in the wind; the effect is mesmerizing.
I heard Kahn speak tonight at Syracuse University. Wow. He's groovy. To learn more about him, visit http://nedkahn.com.
(JM)