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Columbus, Ohio: (F) A-R-T Sculpture

If you stand in just the right spot, a streetlamp completes the word. A previous streetlamp was taken down in 2015; this replacement appeared in 2021.

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It's F-ART.

(F)A-R-T Sculpture

It's best to be in downtown Columbus on a weekend in the morning, because you can actually stop and weave your way around to masterpieces like this without worrying about traffic. Plus parking is free!

[Daniel, 01/02/2011]

Odd juxtaposition in ART sign.

(F) A-R-T Sculpture

Straddling Gay Street at the Columbus College of Art and Design is a giant, red 100-foot sculpture spelling out A-R-T. However when viewed from a certain angle in the parking lot of the nearby Columbus Museum of Art, two nearby lampposts form an "F" and it seems to spell something quite different.

[Nathan Forrider, 11/10/2006]

Nathan sent a news clipping of the same juxtaposition as he first saw it documented in the Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 3, 2005.

(F) A-R-T Sculpture

Address:
458-426 E. Gay St., Columbus, OH
Directions:
On E. Gay St. midway between N. 9th St. and Connell Ave. Face west, and you'll see the black "F" streetlamp to the left of the red "ART" sculpture.
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