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Tag: Portland Oregon

  • Nepenthes

    Nepenthes

    Along NorthWest Davis Street Portland, OR These amazing structures are by Seattle based artist Dan Corson and are titled Nepenthes.  There are four of them along NorthWest Davis Street ,each standing 17 feet tall covered in photo-voltaic cells.  The elements glow at night. Nepenthes, named after the magical greek potion that eliminates sorrow and suffering.…

  • Burls will be Burls

    Burls will be Burls

    6th Avenue between Burnside and Ash Portland, OR According to the TriMet website: Burls Will be Burls, by Bruce Conkle, is a tribute to snowmen and to the forests of the Pacific Northwest. The cast bronze figures of Burls Will be Burls represent what might happen when a snowman melts and nourishes a living tree—water…

  • Talos Number 2

    Talos Number 2

    Southwest 6th Avenue and Stark Portland, OR  Titled Talos Number 2 this bronze sculpture is by James Lee Hanson. “Talos No. 2  is part of the Portland Transit Mall. It was completed during 1959–1977, and was funded by TriMet and the United States Department of Transportation.  The abstract sculpture depicts Talos, the giant man of…