Elm Street is abloom, too!
This weekend while we were out photographing redbud blooms in the Greensboro Hebrew Cemetery, "Kang" was busy securing glossy magazine photos of flowers onto a lamp post in front of the Green Bean Coffee Shop. The metal pole is covered from base to top with lovely, springlike pictures. From a distance, it almost looks as if butterflies have landed on Elm Street.
One of the barristas at the Green Bean said an artist who calls himself "Kang" worked on the pole for two days. It is such a fun, uplifting work of temporary street art. A harsh rain or extreme wind will be the demise of this masterpiece. However, if you head to Elm Street soon, you will see this lovely piece that took hours and hours to cut and paste! It looks much better in person, as a 15 foot pole is hard to capture and retain the details available in a close-up.
If you know more about this installation or the elusive "Kang", who is not jumping out on a google search, please let us know! We have a hunch there is a story behind this project. Could it be that ELSEWHERE Collaborative is priming us for their annual spring reopening?
In the meantime, we're enjoying every photo we took of this project-- from every angle.
It looks great.
Posted by: Steffe | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 06:03 AM
Wow, that's really cool and creative.
Posted by: Claire | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 08:08 AM
How wonderful! Paper cutouts as street art - sounds even more difficult than airbrushing.
Posted by: Hilda | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 04:42 AM
A True beauty. The work is made more lovely in a way because it is there for the moment ,like a real flower transient and temporary.
Posted by: Janis Of So Cal | Friday, March 02, 2012 at 12:31 AM
I did a little bit of digging; 99blocks is reporting that this is the artist: http://kangslee.tumblr.com/
Posted by: Rae Alton | Friday, March 02, 2012 at 04:07 PM
Thank you so much, Rae.
Looking at the TUMBLR photos, that you linked for us, makes this artist even more intriguing.
Posted by: Janis | Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 06:16 PM
Thrilled that Kang's creation was formally recognized. Although we all lament that this beauty is temporary, perhaps it is important that this particular kind of artwork speaks to the fleeting nature of beauty and how we need to NOTICE this beauty at every opportunity! Thank you, Kang, for taking your time to create this for public enjoyment! Chris Morgan, New Bern, NC
Posted by: Chris Morgan | Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 09:00 AM