Folly Bollards Explained

Folly Bollards
Artist:	Valerie Otani
Type:	Sculpture
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Portland, Oregon, United States
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13
Coordinates:	45.5168°N -122.6816°W

Folly Bollards is a series of outdoor 1998 bronze bollard sculptures by Valerie Otani, installed along Southwest Main between Broadway and Park in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[1]

Description and history

Sculptures in the series, each of which are abstract bronzes that measure 48inches x 5inches x 5inches, include:

• Folly Bollards: Anansi, African Trickster Spider, a spider^[2]
• Folly Bollards: El Viejito, Mexico, a Mexican figure^[3]
• Folly Bollards: Harlequin, a clown^[4]
• Folly Bollards: Monkey King, China, a monkey^[5]
• Folly Bollards: Nasreddin, a Turkish figure^[6]
• Folly Bollards: Nulamal, Kwakiuti Fool Dancer, a First Nations dancer^[7]

See also

• 1998 in art
• Cultural depictions of spiders

External links

• Folly Bollards, 1998 at cultureNOW

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Guide to Portland Public Art . . May 30, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145643/http://racc.org/sites/default/files/ArtWalk_2014.pdf . August 29, 2014 .
2. Web site: Folly Bollards: Anansi, African Trickster Spider, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.
3. Web site: Folly Bollards: El Viejito, Mexico, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.
4. Web site: Folly Bollards: Harlequin, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.
5. Web site: Folly Bollards: Monkey King, China, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.
6. Web site: Folly Bollards: Nasreddin, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.
7. Web site: Folly Bollards: Nulamal, Kwakiuti Fool Dancer, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 30, 2015.