Pointless Prize: Public Art Finder

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    Serdar
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    SACANDAGA TOTEM
    1991
    John Van Alstine, American b: 1953
    Granite and Steel
    Dedicated in Memory of Minnie Odoroff
    Patron of Contemporary Art
    Gift of the Alexandria Sculpture Festival
    H. Alan Young, Chairman
    In partnership with the City of Alexandria
    2010

     

     

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    @laurie e Glad you’re playing #publicartfinder again this year! Love your first art find. I mistakenly unfollowed you on Strava, trying to indicate you as a “favorite” so that you’d come up at the top of my feed. Would you be so kind as to accept my follow request?

     

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    @sophie cw Gather you’re having trouble posting photos to the forum?

    #1135455
    Indiana
    Participant

    1/2 Symphony in DC Major: Duke Ellington sculpture  in Shaw DC on P St NW near 7th St

    Artist: Zachary OxmanD

    ATE CREATED: 2015

    MEDIUM: Stainless steel, aluminum, automotive paint

    Bikes with the piano keys in reflection, info from https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/1232

    #1135467
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    1/2/2025

    Bethesda has started making its electrical boxes into public art.

    #1135472
    Dachs6
    Participant

    I am about two hours late for the same requirement, apologies…please accept my entry for January 2. 🙏🏻

    This raised fist, made of “corten steel”, was constructed with the artist/designer by welders from a Renault plant in Vilvoorde, Belgium that was closed in 1997. It commemorates the struggles of the laborers who lost their jobs when the plant. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strijd_voor_Arbeid

     

    A fist of solidarity with workers, Vilvoorde, Belgium

    #1135480
    Dachs6
    Participant

    On time, today! January 3…but, per the rules, the ride despite being over 10km, was less than 10 miles.

    Just a random piece of art hung on a former primary school, now used for adult education, in Zaventem, Belgium. Located at Spoorwegstraat 25.

    Artwork on the side of a Belgian primary school, Zaventem, Belgium

    #1135488
    bikesnick
    Participant

    01/03/2025 “winged victory”

    At the corner of N.Frederick and N.8th in Arlington, VA.

    #1135492
    consularrider
    Participant

    #publicartfinder 1/3/2025 – Tour de Ernie Pyle in front of Franklin Hall on the IU Campus.  This was the main library at one time and is now media studies.  Ernie Pyle was a well known journalist Hoosier native, and IU grad.  He was killed in action on April 18, 1945 on Le Shima off Okinawa.

    #1135496
    Dachs6
    Participant

    Second ride of the day (January 3), with another piece of public art.  This one is not so public, as it is within the NATO HQ complex, and access to it requires permission (such as employees, or pre-approved visitors). And, per the rules, the ride despite being over 10km, was less than 10 miles.

    A mosaic mural, 50 meters long and 2 meters high, consisting of 200 two-sided mosaic panels that are each 50 cm wide. It was originally installed the Turkish Exhibition pavilion along with a restaurant in 1958 at the Brussels International Expo. One of the International Staff was so impressed with it, they requested for it to be installed in the original permanent NATO HQ in Paris after the expo was finished. It was moved twice more after: first to the temporary NATO HQ when it moved to Brussels in 1967, and then to the second permanent HQ after 51 years in 2018 where it now stands.

    #1135517
    Indiana
    Participant

    1/3 Robert Gumm’s Shore Bird with live sea birds in background, Bladensburg waterfront Park, MD

    #1135524
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    1/3/2025

    From Colonial Opticians in North Bethesda, a display of some glass, some sparkly seasonal statuettes, each wearing glasses.

    #1135529
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    1/4/2025

    Dawson’s Market in Rockville is now closed, but this piece of art remains.

    #1135535
    Heidi Rausch
    Participant

    Mural on 8th st NE in Brookland, one of my favorites! 1/4/2024

    #1135538
    Boomer Cycles
    Participant

    Belated 1/03/25

    Inflatable Wooden Soldier #new2me seasonal pop up #yardart

    3500 block of Wilson Ave, Lynhaven hood of Alexandria VA

    Wooden Soldier

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