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Object Orange (formerly Detroit. Demolition. Disneyland.[1]) is an artistic project in Detroit, Michigan which seeks to draw attention to dilapidated buildings by painting them orange. [2]
Dec 7, 2006 · A group of artists in Detroit have been painting dilapidated houses a bright shade of orange. The project, called "Object Orange," is an attempt to draw attention to the buildings and to...
- Celeste Headlee
Detroit, Michigan. 2009 to present. When a collective of Detroit artists calling itself Object Orange started painting some of the city’s 7,000 abandoned and dilapidated buildings bright orange, they meant to bring beauty to decay.
In a small side gallery near the elevators, three photographs by the art collective Object Orange deliver a moment of surreal surprise. From 2005-2007, these (anonymous) Cranbrook graduates undertook a conceptual project called Detroit, Demolition, Disneyland which involved painting–in “Tiggerific” Orange– derelict structures in the ...
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By Lucía Hinojosa, Diego Gerard, and Dennise AbushBy Irving SandlerBy Jonathan GoodmanBy Tom McGlynnBy David CarrierBy Kara L. RooneyGuest Critic:Matthew BiroBy Donald KuspitBy Christiane GruberBy Alex PottsBy Madeline GresselBy Katharina SmundakBy Jill DehnertBy Johannah RodgersBy George GrellaBy Daniel GoldBy Allyson Polsky McCabeBy Scott BorchertRAKIYA A. ORANGE with Tara Aisha WillisBy Cassie PetersonBy Brian SchaeferBy Melissa CroushornBy M. G. StephensBy Tadzio KoelbBy Hannah ThurmanBy Jen Michalskiby Adriano González León, translated by Guillermo ParraBy Gina MyersBy Sara Deniz AkantBy Clayton EshlemanBy Curtis PriceBy Paul MattickBy Ryan RichardsonBy Serge QuadruppaniNov 25, 2006 · It began with a sign: a bright orange traffic detour sign standing next to one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned houses. Four local artists, a group who call themselves Object Orange,...
From 2005-2007, the group painted abandoned and dilapidated houses in Detroit with the Disney color “Tiggerific” orange. Gaining national media attention, the group has been featured by GOOD Magazine, Newsweek, The Economist, The Detroiter, and NPR.
