Atlanta, Georgia - Folk Art Park

Address:: Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
Directions:: Piedmont Bridge over I-75/I-85 / Peachtree Corridor. Courtland St. NE and Ralph McGill Blvd NE. and Piedmont Rd NE and Baker St.
Hours:: Always visible.

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Atlanta, Georgia - Folk Art Park

Folk art park created during the 1996 Olympics as a kind of antithesis to the highly refined, industrial nature of the Olympics. This public art project was a winner of a world wide contest for beautifying blank areas on top of overpass areas in Atlanta for citizens who live around the overpass areas. [dcl, 06/03/2009]

[RA: A collaboration between many artists -- it's a sort of pastiche of folk art you'd see if you bothered driving around to other parts of Georgia. You'll see a homage to St. EOM's Pasaquan, Finster's Paradise Gardens, etc. There's also a "Gourd Tree" constructed of 60 plastic gourds.]

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November 8, 2009