Roadside Shrine I: Cone Ridge, Houston, Texas, 2000

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DESCRIPTION

This sculpture, commissioned by the Buffalo Bayou Art Park, represents the first time the Texas Department of Transportation allowed an art project of any kind to touch its facilities. The sculpture itself was temporary and clamped to the underside of an interstate highway overpass.

MATERIALS AND SIZE

Vinyl-coated polyester
Dimensions: 57 ft. length x 9 ft. width x 18 ft. height

CREDITS

Client: Buffalo Bayou Art Park
Art: Janet Echelman
Photos: Studio Echelman

location

Affixed to the Interstate highway I-45, Houston, TX, USA

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