One day a chair suspended high in the air on a pole appeared in a vacant lot near where I live. There was chatter on some of the blogs and everyone was asking where this mysterious chair had come from. Lately the chair has become part of an entire “exhibit” located in that vacant lot.
Apparently there are plans to throw up an enormous high-rise apartment building with a grocery store below on the lot but until work starts on it, the artist has been given the OK to continue his work there (according to some neighbors of the lot that I talked to). The other day I happened to see the artist at work and snapped a picture of him as we drove by.
His name is B K Adams and the H Street Love Peace and Harmony Sculpture Garden is apparently just one of his many installations. He has also started a viral marketing campaign putting his “I AM ART” stickers up all over the city, with different groups following him on-line and posting pictures of all the places his stickers show up.
Valiant and I took a walk down to the lot the other morning before it got too hot and snapped a few pictures.
What great cultural experiences Valiant will have right at his fingertips.
I like the spray painted bikes as art for a kids’ park.
I Love the idea of making use of an empty lot for an exhibit space.
I remember similar stickers in Seattle on phone poles, newspaper stands and busses, which begged the question. . . art or clutter?