Grant Park - South President's Court [Artists And Automobiles - Various Artists]

Artists And Automobiles
A series of sculptures by 5 Chicago artists...Mary Brogger, Ted Garner, Dessa Kirk, John Mason and Lucy Slivinski.
Location: South President's Court in Grant Park, located at Columbus Drive and Congress Avenue across from Buckingham Fountain ...

"Artists and Automobiles" was organized by the Public Art Program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. It was presented by Allstate, in celebration of its 75th anniversary, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs ...

The artists were allowed to select automobile parts at Tech-Cor, [Allstate's state-of-the-art research and training facility in Wheeling, Ill.]..which was delivered to their respective studios. The artists used the discarded car parts like windshields, tailpipes, mufflers, sidewalls, springs and bumpers, and made them into pieces of art, like..
- Lilies [by Dessa Kirk],
- Glass Bench [by Ted Garner],
- Hedgerow [by Lucy Slivinski],
- Arise 2 [by John Mason] ...


Arise 2 : by John Mason...
made by metal quarter panels ...




Lilies - by Dessa Kirk ...
made by doors, hood, trunk and roof from five separate cars ..


Glass Bench - by Ted Garner ...
made from front and rear car windows, and the sides of a mini-van ...


Hedgerow - by Lucy Slivinski ...
made from car mufflers, metal bumpers, springs, tailpipes, headlights, taillights and rotors ...

# I did not see the art work of Mary Brogger is in the garden ... I am not too sure if it's on display ir not. However an exceptional piece of sculpture by Mary Brogger, the "Heymarket Memorial .. click here ... can be found in the Near North District on the DesPlaines Street between Lake and Randolph streets ...

# More sculptures made with automobile parts:
A lifesize sculpture named the "Moose" by John Kearney is on display at 401 N Michigan Avenue ... in the Pioneer Court .. click here ...

# Another sculpture using automobile parts by John Kearney, named the "Tin Park" can be found in the Oz Park .. click here ...

For more on Grant Park ..
# Public Art in the Grant Park .. click here ....
# Gardens in the Grant Park .. click here ..
# Often overlooked but remarkable features like pedestrian crossings, the railway lines underneath, the street lamp posts, balustrade, corbels, the Y-symbols .. click here ..
# For a brief history of Grant Park .. click here ..