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Take a tour around town, and you’re sure to run into some kind of psychedelic and insightful surprise. In fact, you’ll find larger-than-life visuals, artistic undulations and even a monstrous dragon scattered throughout the area. Here’s a look at CNY’s outdoor art scene.
The Hand
Location: 200 block of East Washington Street.
The nine-foot-tall “high five” greets pedestrians in front of Syracuse’s City Hall Commons.
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Location: Lemp Park
Artist: Tash Taskale
The sphere is made of galvanized steel binary numbers.
Delphi
Location: Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St.
Artist: Lila Katzen
The large-scale abstract metal installation greets visitors outside the museum designed by iconic American architect I.M. Pei.
Walt, the “Loch West Monster”
Location: 300 block of West Fayette Street
Artist: Brendan Gabriel Rose.
On the edge of Armory Square, a giant dragon made of steel plates, concrete, ceramic and wood watches over the entrance to the Onondaga Creekwalk.
Shawanaga
Location: Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St.
Artist: Robert Murray
This bright red linear sculpture dominates the museum plaza.
Public percussion
Location: Lemp Park
The pocket park on the corner of East Fayette and South Warren streets is home to weather-resistant percussion instruments. Pick up the mallets, and the notes will be heard throughout the downtown corridor. There’s a similar installation featuring a xylophone and tuba like wind instrument is in Columbus Circle.
Eureka Crafts mosaics
Location: 210 Walton St.
Artist: Ginger Dunlap-Dietz
Outside the Armory Square storefront, there’s a bench and wall created from shards of pottery, ceramics and tiles. Look for the face of Greek philosopher Archimedes hidden in the pattern.
Immersive Cloud
Location: South Townsend and East Genesee streets.
Artist: Daekwon Park
This undulating set of stainless-steel disks floats at the busy corner and reflects the foliage of the surrounding trees.
Lipe Art Park
Location: 1003 W. Fayette St.
Lipe is a public art park in an old rail yard on the edge of Syracuse’s Near West Side.