Flash for Sparkle: Atlanta 1
My sister, Sparkle Plenty has a blog on which she writes about only GOOD things, the tiny light that defies the darkness. As I was enduring my trip back this time, I thought of her when I got to Atlanta.
In fact, I was so impressed with this flash of light that I stopped, unloaded my camera from the carryon, and juggling my carry-on, my venti and my camera, walked the kilometer or so that this exhibit was staged between the A concourse and B concourse in Atlanta.
I am so glad I did. It totally lifted my mood, and it felt like a gift from the city of Atlanta. These are all statues by Zimbabwean artists – yes, plonked down as a public art project in the middle of the Atlanta airport. They must have paid a fortune to ship these statues, to create the huge posters on the walls showing crafts and scenes from Zimbabwe, poor Zimbabwe, in it’s steady downward spiral, these artists pull miracles out of the hat.
This was one of the wall posters, featuring Zimbabwean hand woven baskets:
Bravo to all cities that spend a little so that we can be lifted out of our everyday doings and taken to another world of texture, ideas and line. Bravo, Atlanta!
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What a beautiful and moving exhibit. I’ve found that many airports are becoming becoming terrific gallery venues – even SeaTac, although some of the things on display there are ones that make you squint and cock your head sideways wondering…”what the heck?”…I’ve even experienced hurried strangers stopping along with me to ponder what the sculptures are all about. But that result alone, having random strangers stop to talk, gives the sculpture validity! How cool is that….
Thank you much. My wife told me about seeing these magnificent sculptures on one of her recent trips. Scouring the web for photos, she found very few. So thanks for posting!
Sparkle, how funny, I never saw this comment.
Darren, I hope you found them all – I think I posted several, maybe three or four, there were so many fabulous sculptures, and I couldn’t resist them. Thank you for loving them as much as I did!