The Green Man of Portland explained

The Green Man of Portland
Artist:Daniel Duford
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates:45.5242°N -122.6764°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13
Owner:City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council

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:

The work is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Legend of the Green Man of Portland, 2009. cultureNOW. August 30, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114642/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06570%26seo%3DThe-Legend-of-the-Green-Man-of-Portland_Daniel-Duford-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts--Culture-Council. live.
  2. Web site: Green Line Public Art Tour Audio Transcript. TriMet. August 30, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205154419/http://trimet.org/publicart/greenline/transcript.htm. December 5, 2014.