Bike Oasis

Project Details

Artist: Butch Anthony
Materials: Steel, baling wire, bicycle parts, road signs, metal scraps 
Location: Barcroft Park, 4200 S. Four Mile Run Drive
Date: 2006-2022

Butch Anthony takes his inspiration from society’s castoff metal parts found in junkyards, backyards or the side of the road. A self-taught artist who hails from Seale, Alabama, Anthony’s style of working is grounded in rural southern traditions of making do with what the environment provides. His signature “hogwire” technique, inspired by the makeshift design of a hog pen he once saw, transforms irregular shapes made from old road signs, license plates, car, bicycle and appliance parts into colorful and tactile metal crazy quilts. His work could be described “sustainable” as it is based on the environmentally conscious principle of reuse.

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