The giant Pink Snails have taken over the City of Coral Gables. While you drive around enjoying the historic city, you will stumble upon the giant Pink Snails placed throughout. The snails have slowly made their way to Coral Gables from their latest home in South Beach, the Southern East Coast of the U.S. The snails are slowly slugging their way across major Metropolitan cities across the nation. However, the snails have come a long way from Italy's renowned Galleria Ca d'Oro and are a courtesy of the international artistic collective Cracking Art Group.
Coincidentally, the Cracking Art Group has also recently found a new home on San Lorenzo North of Merrick Park Village, where more of their art can be enjoyed, as well as some smaller snails invading the space.
The Pink Snails are part of a global sensation called REgeneration Art Project, and part of a public art series designed to inspire a nation-wide dialogue about the importance of recycling and its environmental impact.
Some visitors of Coral Gables, such as Daniel Fuentes, 31, are not thrilled with the views of the attack of the snails on the city. "I don't really like the pink snails. The problem for me more than anything is the color. The Hot Pink doesn't go with anything in the area. They would be better placed in South Beach, to go with the Art Deco style. I think it's terribly tacky and I had no idea it was about recycling. Maybe the color of the snail should've been blue so you can remember to place your Coke can in the right bin. When I see pink snails I wonder if I stepped into the looking glass waiting for the white rabbit to show up."
However, other residents are having fun with the snails, while their visit to Coral Gables lasts. "My family and I love the pink snails. It brings a colorful sight as you drive around. They do not bother me at all and in fact Marcella, my daughter, enjoys counting how many she sees, said Cristina Trabanco Gonzalez, 29.
You might be wondering why the image of a snail was picked for this project? Well, according to the artists website, the snails symbolize nature created from recycled, artificial material, and leaves a minimal carbon footprint, which is to encourage people to re-examine existing perceptions of urban life, and inspire us to play with our cities, as well as to rejuvenate them. The goal is to REgenerate our cities into more healthy, vibrant, animated and loving environments.
The Pink Snails exhibition is curated by renowned Italian directors Gloria Porcella and Lamberto Petrecca.
If you'd like to take a look at these Pink Snails before they're gone (their visit only lasts 2 months at each stop), you can find them in the following locations throughout the city of Coral Gables:
*Cartagena Circle
*Ponce De Leon near San Lorenzo North of the Village of Merrick Park circle
*Coral Gables Youth Center and Library
*Ponce De Leon Circle Park
*Merrick Park Village
*Alhambra Circle
*Pittman Park
*Segovia Circles
*Museum Plaza
*eight of the smaller ones can be seen at the newly opened Ca d'Oro Gallery in Coral Gables on 135 S. San Lorenzo, where more Cracking Art Group artwork can be viewed.
View a clip of the Pink Snails at Art Basel- where the buzz about them began:
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