The Green Man of Portland
- Bronze
- cast concrete
- porcelain enamel on steel
The Green Man of Portland, also alternatively known as The Legend of the Green Man of Portland,[1] is a 2009 art installation by artist Daniel Duford, located in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
Daniel Duford's The Green Man of Portland is a 2009 art installation consisting of two outdoor sculptures and eight "story markers" that form a poem. They are installed along ten blocks in Portland's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.[2] Materials include bronze, cast concrete, and porcelain enamel on steel.[1] According to the artist, the work's imagery was inspired by 1970s horror comics and Works Progress Administration (WPA) posters.[2] Duford has said of the installation:
With The Green Man of Portland, I have created a fake legend. It goes like this: ever since Portland's founding there have been sightings of small green archers. Whenever the archer hits someone with an arrow, her vision changes. Flowers grow from the heads of passersby, a building called The Greenwood appears, and a giant tree towers over the city. On certain nights, a great white celestial stag is spied in the skies over Portland... The legend encompasses all the varied, transitory communities that call Old Town and Chinatown home. My great hope for this piece is that The Green Man of Portland will quietly twine itself into the fabric and many-layered history of the community.[2]
The work is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[1]
See also
- 2009 in art
- Green Man
References
- ^ a b c "The Legend of the Green Man of Portland, 2009". cultureNOW. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Green Line Public Art Tour Audio Transcript". TriMet. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
External links
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- Old Town art via the Green Line by Larry Norton (August 18, 2009), The Oregonian
- The Legend of the Green Man of Portland at the Public Art Archive
- The Green Man of Portland #1 from The Naked Boy Part 3, Part 3 by Daniel Duford (2012)
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- Blagen Block
- Glisan
- Greyhound Bus Station
- Haseltine
- Hoyt Hotel
- The Hoxton
- Merchant Hotel
- One Pacific Square
- Oregon Cracker Company
- PAE Living
- Paris Theatre
- Roseland Theater
- Smith's Block
- Star Theater
- Tuck Lung
- United Carriage and Baggage Transfer
- Wachsmuth
- White Stag Block
- Wong Laundry
- Yamaguchi Hotel
- Badlands Portland
- Baes Fried Chicken
- Barista
- Bowery Bagels
- CC Slaughters
- Dan and Louis Oyster Bar
- Darcelle XV Showplace
- Deadstock Coffee
- Dixie Tavern
- Ground Kontrol
- Kells Irish Pub
- Kinboshi Ramen
- Lechon
- Old Town Pizza
- Pine Street Market
- Portland Chinatown Museum
- Portland Saturday Market
- Raven's Manor
- Republic Cafe and Ming Lounge
- Shanghai Tunnel Bar
- Silverado
- Voodoo Doughnut
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- Cairns
- Chinatown Gateway
- Driver's Seat
- Festival Lanterns
- Friendship Circle
- Nepenthes
- Packy mural
- Sculpture Stage
- Skidmore Fountain
- The Green Man of Portland
- 24 Hour Church of Elvis
- Portland (steam tug)
- White Stag sign
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