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Art On The Way
Project #1:  Barton Barriers
Artist:  Steve Dubov
Location:  Barton Skyway & South Lamar
Austin, TX 78704
Date:  March 13th thru June 12th, 2010
AOTW's inaugural sculpture, created by founder Steve Dubov, was a humorous juxtaposition of nature and industrial objects at the corner of Barton Skyway and South Lamar Boulevard.  Barton Barriers was a temporary installation over 100 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 10 feet high, composed of 50 Yodock water-filled road barriers.  The brightly colored plastic forms were arranged in a jumbled pattern that defied their traditional use and encouraged viewers to have a fresh look-- and a laugh-- at a commonplace item that often spells frustration.  
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Learn more about this artist and view his work at:  www.foldedglass.com


This project was fully approved by the City of Austin's art commission, the Art in Public Places committee and the Barton Hills Neighborhood Association.

Art On The Way is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Artist Gary Sweeney chatting with AOTW founder Steve Dubov.Volunteers are instructed in the installation process.Volunteers begin installing over 5,000 Put-in Cups!One of our fabulous volunteers hard at work.One of our fabulous volunteers hard at work.One of our fabulous volunteers hard at work.Despite the scale of the project, volunteers helped install the piece in record time!Special thanks to Gary Sweeney for a fantastic piece, and to his team of volunteers. Great work!Gary Sweeney's Keep Austin SurrealKeep Austin Surreal glowing against a night sky.
Project #2:  Keep Austin Surreal
Artist:  Gary Sweeney
Location:  517 South Lamar  
Austin, TX 78704
Date:  July 23rd thru October 23rd, 2011

Learn more about this artist and view his work at:  www.garysweeneyart.com 
Artist Steve Dubov discusses his project with volunteers.Installation begins on a sunny Austin morning.The project is coming together.Volunteers move the Yodock water barriers into place.The barriers are stacked according to the artist's initial design model.The completed project was over 100 feet long!Special thanks to John Langford for the fabulous on-site photography. And a special thanks to our wonderful volunteers!Steve Dubov's completed piece, Barton Barriers.Barton Barriers lit against a night sky.
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Acclaimed artist Gary Sweeney created a colorful, whimsical temporary mural for AOTW.  Making a visual play on the popular slogan "Keep Austin Weird," Sweeney's Keep Austin Surreal was created from over 5,000 industrial Put-in Cups in a chain-link fence.  Colorful graphic designs reveal a very strange landscape of images:  a rocket ship is being launched in the same sky as a flying saucer, a giant red-eyed bulldog, and neon floating fish-- truly "surreal!"  The mural stands 12 feet tall and 30 feet wide, visible to thousands of Austinites via car or bike traveling on South Lamar every day.  See the piece on your commute through October 23rd, 2011.