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Think ice art is limited to sculpted logos and swans for weddings? Canadian artist Gordon Halloran was invited to exhibit his unique ice paintings at the recently completed Winter Olympics in Turin. The cathedral setting of La Fortezza di Fenestrelle housed the stained-glass-like sheets of colored ice, kept, of course, below freezing, hence the title of the exhibit “Paintings Below Zero.” Halloran and his crew arrived in Italy, according to their project’s blog, late last year to begin installation of the refrigeration system that allowed them to create ice and then art. Large colored shards and slabs shot through with crystallized pigments decorated the walls and floor of the Fortezza.

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