About 500,000 colored balls were released down Rome's Spanish Steps. Graziano Cecchini, also responsible for dying the waters of the Trevi fountain red last October, wanted to call attention to lies being told by the Italian government (the Italian word for balls also means 'untruths'). Link to story and more pictures [via NotCot]
I've definitely mentioned this one a bagillion times, but I love the big pink bunny installed on a hillside in Italy by Gelitin. You can go and play on its pillowy softness. [link]
The Gates by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. These orange structures were all around Central Park for most of February in 2005. I was in town when they were still up and it was fantastic. The colors just popped against the snow. [link]
Okay, there's no picture for this one because I don't think this is one of my favorite artists, but certainly an artist that commandeers the concept of performance art on the edge of complete sillyness. It's Paul McCarthy, here's a link to some information about what he's done. Probably the most memorable for me would be the piece that he did where he simulated people chopping off each others' limbs. So yeah, it's some crazy shit.
An honorable mention goes out to the Sony Bravia ads. Yes, they are created in the name of consumerism...but that doesn't change the fact that they are awesome and large-scale and beautiful. [link - see the bouncing balls, clay bunnies and the great pyramid being taken over by ribbon]
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