The+Atlanta+Hartsfield+Jackson+Airport+Art

We visited the Atlanta international airport concourse A museum.

//"Protecting Spirit'// //.....////" Traveling Family"// ......."Conversation".............//"Penguin"// Sylvester Mubayi......... Amos Supuni ........Agnes Nyanhongo//..........// Leo Sewell The Atlanta Airport (Hartsfield-Jackson international) has had a number of public art exhibits for many years. One of their permanent collections is the one you can view if you walk to concourse A from ticketing and baggage claim. The problem is that you have to have a plane ticket or special permission to see this exhibit. Most people are in such a hurry to retrieve their lugage or catch their flight that the exibit is hardly noticed. They also have several murals that are displayed around the airport, out door art sculptures, and other sculptures that decorate the airport. The exhibit that is in the airport is the Shona art from Zimbabwe that features sculptures and pictures of wildlife and the culture of the many African tribes. Decorating the center run of the concourse are statues created by the people in Africa. The sculptures are unique in their appearance from the sculptures normally shown in the United States. They appeared very cultural, and almost tribal. Many portrayed the affections of family life between children and their mothers, or just a whole family unit. One of our favorites was a large foot where the faces of the family members were juxtaposed on the toes on the bottom side of the foot. Talk about family impressions! The discouraging part about the exhibit, was my lack of time to be able to fully enjoy the exhibit. Since we were down there to drop Chandra off at the air port to catch her flight for her spring break vacation there was minimal time to stop and soak in the art. Chandra had enough time to snap some shots on my way back in to town, but not enough time to even remember to get a name of some of the artists and their pieces. The art on the perimeter of the airport is more American public art then cultural art, which is where i was allowed to go amd view the art. The work on the perimeter is a bit more spuratic, and the layout of the airport is strange, so i mostly viewed the one half of the airports perimeter. Chandra's favorite piece that she saw was the large metal collage of a penguin, almost in a viola fry type sculpture, with the towering position of the penguin making you feel inferior to the unusually agressive sculpture. There are a few more spots inside of the airport that all people can see with no problem is the large ant sculpture in one of the baggage claims, and an actual gallery in the airport. So next time you are down at the air port catching airport transfers in London, flight or picking someone up take the time to view the different exhibits in and around the air port.
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