The Carnegie Museum of Art hosts it’s annual International exhibit as a collection from 35 artist participants from 19 different countries.  It captures your eye and attention from afar upon approach as well as sprinkling the work throughout the entire collection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_International 

The Carnegie International is the oldest North American exhibition of contemporary art from around the globe. It was first organized at the behest of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie on November 5, 1896 in Pittsburgh. Carnegie established the International to educate and inspire the public as well as to promote international understanding and peace. He intended the International to provide a periodic sample of contemporary art from which Carnegie Museum of Art could enrich its permanent collection. The work of thousands of artists has been exhibited in the Carnegie International, including that of Winslow Homer, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Willem de Kooning, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, and William Kentridge.

http://ci13.cmoa.org/artists/phyllida-barlow

Phyllida Barlow, installation view of Tip, 2013, timber, steel, spray paint, paint, steel mesh, scrim, cement, fabric, and varnish 

Bio

Phyllida Barlow is known for her use of scrappy materials and rough construction techniques that contradict and undermine the grand scale of her works, resulting in an ambitiously “anti-monumental” aesthetic.

Notice anything..?

…the people in these photographs are walking with us down this hallway of photos….

My favorite is the Hall of Architecture where Andrew Carnegie’s mission in 1907 was to:

“bring likenesses of European masterworks to the people of Western Pennsylvania. “If they cannot go to the objects, which allure people abroad,” he stated in 1895, ”we shall do our best to bring the rarest of those objects to them at home.” Containing over 150 individual plaster casts of sculptures and monuments from all over the world..”

taken from the 2013 Carnegie International Guide Book

Artist Gabriel Sierra, as part of the exhibit repainted the walls a rich purple:

..  and adding discrete sculptural elements-is a conceptual and witty approach to the history of the storied space

taken from the 2013 Carnegie International Guide Book