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Art of Coachella.
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When it came to this year’s art installations, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival promised to do it bigger than ever—and from the looks of it, they delivered.
Festival-goers were surrounded by colossal works this weekend, including four pillar-like structures called Katrina Chairs by Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea, who New Yorkers may remember from a series of towering steel installations in 2013 titled “No Limits” at the Park Avenue Mall.
There’s also a series of flashy glass installations on display by Palm Desert-based artist Philip K Smith III, whose mirrored neon towers pulsed under the desert skies at Coachella in 2014.
Then there’s Jimenez Lai’s jumbled “Tower of 12 Stories” and R&R Studio’s lustful “Besame Mucho” installation to take in. See them, and other arresting artworks below.
Atmosphere.
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Katrina Chairs by Alexandre Arrechea of Cuba.
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Portals art installation by Philip K Smith III.
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Portals art installation by Philip K Smith III.
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INDIO, CA – APRIL 17: A night view of the art installation Portals, by Philip K Smith III during day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2016 in Indio, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella.
Balloon Chain art installation by Robert Base.
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Robert Bose’s Balloon Chain art installation.
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INDIO, CA – APRIL 15: Jimenez Lai’s Tower of 12 Stories. Photo by Matt Cowan/Getty Images for Coachella.
INDIO, CA – APRIL 16: Tower of Twelve Stories by Jimenez Lai. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images for Coachella.
View of the art installation piece Tower of Twelve Stories by Jimenez Lai.
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INDIO, CA – APRIL 16: Besame Mucho by R&R Studios. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella.
Sneaking Into The Show art installation by Date Farmers.
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INDIO, CA – APRIL 15: The art installation Portals by Philip K Smith III. Photo by Matt Cowan/Getty Images for Coachella.
TRASHed “Art of Recycling” artist bin.
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