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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

even mailing a letter was a part of a beautiful romanticized dream of cool transportation means, once when such things were new marvels of technology and machinery


I see a plane propeller, a ship, and on the bottom, a cool locomotive.

Found on https://lunaguitars.wordpress.com/2013/05/

Hope Memorial Bridge: Formerly the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, Cleveland Ohio, the "Guardians of Traffic" statues designed by sculptor Henry Hering and architect Frank Walker


The 8 figures were carved in sandstone and created by sculptor Henry Hering and architect Frank Walker. They were meant to “typify the spirit of progress in transportation”, so each figure holds a different form of ground transport.



http://www.clevelandclimateaction.org/lorain-carnegie-bridge/


http://www.davidschwartzphoto.com/Fine-Art-Prints/Cleveland-Ohio/Cleveland-Hope-Memorial-Bridge/i-7mzDbCx


https://www.pinterest.com/chrisarnotlouis/deco-details/


The Hope Memorial Bridge was renovated and christened as such in the 1980's in honor of a family of Cleveland stonemasons, who also happened to be the family of native son, Bob Hope.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the year that then County Engineer, Albert Porter, threated to remove the historic pylons, calling them "monstrosities".


Romanised assyrian genii, with wrap around wings, that guarded the cities and palaces were given mercury helmets, bookended the four pylons. The 43' pylons were cut from local, Berea, sandstone. The bridge was opened in 1932 after more than a decade of carping, and delays. This is the most monumental display of Cleveland deco.

http://rustbeltvoice.blogspot.com/2011/07/art-deco-cleveland.html

Friday, December 4, 2015

Wallpapered dumpsters

Around 120 art students at Weber built the life-size cardboard wagon along with California based artist Kiel Johnson over the previous week.


At first glance, the covered wagon at Weber State University looks the same as the symbol of Utah’s past spotted throughout museums and history books.

 The wagon is large enough to carry a family. Supplies hang off of every open space and the entire set-up is the muted brown color of faded wood and layers of dust.

It is only on closer inspection that the wagon becomes visible for what it really is: a life-size sculpture made of cardboard and twine.


After an invitation to give a talk at Weber State earlier in the year, Johnson instead suggested a community sculpture project with students in the art department.

For one week, Johnson set up shop in the lobby of the Kimball Visual Arts Center. After designing the basic structure of the wagon, Johnson was joined by new artists every day who created their own pieces for the project. Students from the sculpture and design classes at Weber sketched out ideas for components to add to wagon.

These additions ranged from cardboard tools and silverware, to chickens, hats and plenty of guns.




http://www.standard.net/gallery/The-Prairie-Schooner-Project
http://www.standard.net/Profiles/2015/11/27/Crossing-the-country-on-cardboard
http://www.thebanyancollective.com/ogden-outdoor-adventure-show/2015/11/20/ogden-outdoor-adventure-show-219-art-adventure

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