To mark the start of the six-month presidency of the European Union an installation piece was commissioned by the Czech Republic to be located in Brussels at the European Council. In the piece titled "Entropa" by David Cerny, each country is represented. Cerny claimed that each piece was done by one of 27 artists, this was false. He had constructed the whole piece. Also, the stereotypes dipicted in the installation have angered many of the member countries. The outline of France is dipicted with a banner and the word "strike", Italy a soccer field, Bulgaria with interlocking hole-in-the-floor toilets, Romania as a Dracula-themed amusment park, Netherlands as flooded, and Germany as a series of highways that could resemble a swastika. Join discussion...

An installation entitled "Flow: the Landscape of Immigration" is currently residing in the Greater Reston Arts Center in Reston, WA. The installation, a brainchild of sculptor Foon Sham is made up of 5 cones, each approximately 6 feet tall. Each of the cones is made up of a different material, including wax, stacked cups full of water, foam, and grass and wood. Visitors to the installation are invited to add the the sculpture in any way, using the materials provided by Sham: nails, candles, small wooden blocks, and more. "Flow" is Sham's way of making a statement about immigration and the contributions immigrants make to our society. The artist hopes that eventually, the 5 individual cones will fuse into one piece complete with paths for the viewer. The piece is popular with audience members of different backgrounds and experiences, and the interactive quality of the sculpture brings the artist's message home. Join discussion...