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See 'Monochrome for Austin' on the UT Campus

Paul Bardagjy

Since 2008, the folks at Landmarks have been commissioning and installing public art across the University of Texas campus. Piece by piece, they're turning the university into a self-guided outdoor museum space.

The latest piece in the Landmarks series is also the largest. Monochrome for Austin, by artist Nancy Rubin, stands nearly 50 feet high and stretches across 24th street. It comprises around 75 kayaks, canoes, and small boats, arranged together to form an impressive whole that almost resembles a giant, otherworldly tree. The piece is so large that, when assembling it, considerations had to be made to ensure that it wouldn't block the path of any firetrucks.

Such a large piece can't really have an unveiling, since there aren't any veils large enough to cover it, but Monochrome for Austin will have a celebration on Thursday, March 5, beginning at 5:30 pm. There will be a question and answer session with artist Nancy Rubins and art critic Nancy Princenthal, followed by a reception at 6:30.

See Monochrome for Austin at 24th and Speedway

Mike is the production director at KUT, where he’s been working since his days as an English major at the University of Texas. He produces and hosts This Is My Thing and Arts Eclectic, and also produces Get Involved and the Sonic ID project. When pressed to do so, he’ll write short paragraphs about himself in the third person, but usually prefers not to.
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