For this last post before vacation, I was perusing pictures
I’d taken over the years that represented some of the unusual.
The Airstream Ranch consists of eight full-sized vintage Airstream
camper trailers buried in line off I-4 near Tampa, Florida. The owner, Frank
Bates, maintained that his creation, which represents the history of the Airstream
line of campers, was art. The county disagreed and took Bates to court. Eventually appellate judges heard the case. While they did not state that the campers were art, the judges did say that Bates' creation wasn’t junk,
wasn’t a sign, nor illegal storage of RVs.
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| Art or something else? |
“White Collar Woods” was an installation near Woodruff in the north woods
of Wisconsin a few years ago. It was part of “Forest Art Wisconsin,” a project that tapped
into a cutting-edge trend in the art community. The forest was the source of
artistic inspiration and the trail area functioned as the gallery, a display
area for works of art that normally would not be found there. The artist was
commenting on the gentrification of the north woods. The French cuffs
symbolized an invasive species which also brings jobs and livelihood through
tourism. But the artist was asserting that at some point, making a trip to the
woods similar to a trip to the opera could be as absurd as the cuffs of the
installation.
We were on our way to the Amana Colonies in Iowa two years ago when this "horse" caught my eye. Perhaps it was an advertisement for a museum, maybe it was folk art out there for the public's enjoyment. I can't remember. Nonetheless, something unusual and fun.
We’re looking forward to finding more of the interesting and
unusual as we wander south. Stay tuned.
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