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Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture: Public Art Garden

 Posted on December 21, 2013      by Merry Murphy
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(A Public Art Project by John Randall Nelson and Joe Willie Smith). Fabricated steel fences, gates, cast concrete posts and shade structures. Sited at Matthew Henson HOPE VI Housing Project, Phoenix, AZ. 2013. “Fifty-two sculptural finials with fifty-two unique concrete posts combine to effect jarringly comical juxtapositions of objects and form.  Spinning whirligigs and rustic weathervanes create an overall art garden environment that stands like a symbol of locality and remembrance.”   Click here to read.

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