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West
Main- Poplar Art Connection
With
so many awards to be giving out to so many deserving entities,
it would be rare for two buildings next to each other to recieve
rewards- but it has happened. Directly to the east of 605
Main Street are
two sites(both on the corners or West Main and Poplar) where one
is likely to see the artistic works of masters of metal sculpture.
You can start off and admire the works of one and then merely
walk across the street to view the second.
Although
close in physical proximity, these too exhibits couldn't be farther
apart in technique or message.
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On
the east side of Main Street you will find the works of
Mike Roig. His works are carefully placed throughout his
garden. His work, although constructed from(in many cases)
cold angular metal sculptures that rotate with the wind
seem to complement the natural settings that surround them
in only a way a master Artist/welder could accomplish. I've
often admired his work, driving by on my bicycle, walking
down Poplar, or filling up my gas tank at the BP station
across the street. Mike is the same artist that produced
the centerpiece for the pond at Weaver Street Market.
Once
you've finished admiring Mike's work, it's merely a matter
of walking across Main Street to the Basnight Building to
see a very different message...
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The Basnight message
is very different than Roig's. Where Roig's work is in tune with
nature and abstract, Basnight evokes more of a sense of structured
urban realism, with almost all angles in the works being 90 degrees.
Where Roig's works are stationary(with the exception of the movement
of the individual pieces as the wind powers them), Basnight is
a constantly evolving exhibit where the movement seems to have
a life of it's own. The genius of this exhibit is that you can
visit it every day and it will change, whereas Roig's exhibit
can take days, months or years for his exhibit to be updated with
his new work.
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On
my last visit(July 10, 2006) I had the good fortune of stumbling
upon two of the artists updating the exhibit.
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