{"id":3027,"date":"2018-06-18T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2018-07-04T20:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T05:33:40","slug":"art-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3027","title":{"rendered":"Art on the street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The local state university is quite near my house.\u00a0 And just like the universe itself, the university is expanding.\u00a0 \u00a0The most recent building is an arts center, and what is an arts center without art?\u00a0 \u00a0They have plonked down a number of large pieces of art, in a sort of random accumulation, so that one can tell that this is, in fact, an arts center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3031\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent-1013x1024.jpg 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The giant\u00a0<del>chicken<\/del>\u00a0<del>roadrunner<\/del> bird-like thing was made by a local sculptor some years ago.\u00a0 \u00a0It used to be at his house, until the neighbors complained about tourists showing up to look at all his art (there was a bunch of these).\u00a0 So now it sits here in splendor (and it really is lovely).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3032\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent1-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent1-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent1-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent1-1024x981.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is another one of his pieces, and it moves in the breeze.\u00a0 \u00a0So on this day, that was the way the wind was blowing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3034\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent3-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent3-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent3-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent3-1024x896.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is yet another piece from the same artist, he made a lot of these things.\u00a0 (And now you can see that the wind has changed direction too).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3033\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent2-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent2-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent2-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent2-1024x910.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is not so attractive.\u00a0 \u00a0It looks like some sort of abandoned industrial by-product or fallen space junk, rusting away into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3035\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent4-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent4-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent4-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent4-1024x932.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is made of neon and at night, whatever they are supposed to be lights up, one after another.\u00a0 I thought that they looked vaguely like roses, and I was immediately put in mind of Four Roses brand whiskey (the choice of skid row alcoholics everywhere).\u00a0 And yes I do realize that there are five whatevers, but it&#8217;s hard to count them when one is just driving by after dark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3036\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent5-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent5-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent5-768x708.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ent5-1024x944.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then there is this bit, a collaborative effort of the artist and the grounds keepers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how all of these pieces go together in any kind of artistic harmony, but I&#8217;m sure for the artists the best part is that they are displayed (and they got paid for it!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local state university is quite near my house.\u00a0 And just like the universe itself, the university is expanding.\u00a0 \u00a0The most recent building is an arts center, and what is an arts center without art?\u00a0 \u00a0They have plonked down a number of large pieces of art, in a sort of random accumulation, so that one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3027\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Art on the street<\/span> <span 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