Public Art

This abstract form at the Cannon Center (Poplar and Front) is called "Roof Like a Liquid Flung Over the Plaza" and was created by Vito Acconci and Acconci Studio, New York. More that just an object to look at there is actually seating inside so I suppose you can become part of it in a sense. I have heard many people comment on it and mostly what I hear is negative. I think most people only see it from the corner and don't actually walk around it which you should do to get the feel for the entire piece. What is the purpose of public art? To inspire, provoke, make you think or feel, define the character of a city, decorate? I believe it's all of these things.

Have you ever seen it from this side?


Or from inside looking up? It's an entirely different point of view.

This sculpture is called "Whirl" and was created by artist John Medwedeff. It's defined as a "shade structure".

This sculpture just north of City Hall is called "The River".

This fountain is in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on Main Street. I had never even seen it before I lived downtown. It's really striking at night.

Mural on the south side of the D.T. Porter Building.

Also "public art"?

Visit the Urban Art Commission website for more info about public art in Memphis.
http://www.urbanartcommission.org/about.html