Swiss artist Olaf Breuning is a cartoon-based creative whose goal is to simply make your day better. Today through August 24th, his latest piece Clouds will be presented in Central Park.  The Public Art Fund is the organization to thank, placing the piece at the southeast entrance of Central Park, at 5th Avenue and 60th Street.

It won’t be hard to miss, either:

It will tower nearly 35 feet above this plaza. Held aloft among the trees of Central Park by rudimentary steel supports, the six bright blue clouds are made of polished and painted aluminum and were cut to match a hand drawing by the artist. Calling to mind the set design of a school play or child-like drawings of the sky, the idea for this work is inspired by one of the artist’s staged photographs.

Walking through the park and seeing this won’t get you a promotion or help you find true love, but it will at least put a smile on your face. I am all for these types of installments, NYC and the rest of the country needs to embrace urban art more.

–
Matt Whitlock – @mattwhitlockPM