Photo gallery: Art installation at Close Park
A community concept creation, Close, Closer, Closest is part of city’s One Percent for Art program.
By Kurt Steiss / The Blade
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:09:47 GMT
Close, Closer, Closest, a piece by Minneapolis artist Randy Walker, consists of 350 painted steel poles created in a time capsule concept that represent the homes in the neighborhood around Toledo’s Close Park. In the spring, residents of the neighborhood will fill the poles with drawings, poems, trinkets, and other memorabilia before the poles are permanently capped. The $70,000 public art project was funded by the city’s One Percent for Art program.
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Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, cleans the poles as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece 'Close, Closer, Closest' at Close Park in Toledo.
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, surveys his work as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece 'Close, Closer, Closest.'
'Close, Closer, Closest' by Randy Walker is shown.
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, right, talks to Perrysburg Lawn and Landscape workers who installed and landscaped for Mr. Walker's art piece 'Close, Closer, Closest' at Close Park in Toledo on Nov. 14. Mr. Walker says the dedication for the piece will take place in the spring.
A tree sits in a section of 'Close, Closer, Closest.'
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, cleans the poles as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece "Close, Closer, Closest" at Close Park in Toledo.
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, cleans the poles as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece "Close, Closer, Closest" at Close Park.
"Close, Closer, Closest" by Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, at Close Park.
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, cleans the poles as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece "Close, Closer, Closest" at Close Park in Toledo.
Randy Walker, an artist from Minneapolis, cleans the poles as he does the finishing touches on his public art piece "Close, Closer, Closest" at Close Park.