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Hedgerow – by Lucy Slivinski

Installed 2006

It was part of the exhibit, “Chicago Car Culture” by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Location: South President’s Court in Grant Park, Columbus Drive across from Buckingham Fountain.

The sculpture is constructed from cast-off automobile parts.

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Hedgerow – by Lucy Slivinski

The sculpture is made from car mufflers, metal bumpers, springs, tailpipes, headlights, taillights and rotors.

The sculpture was part of the 2006 exhibition, “Artists And Automobiles.”

“Artists and Automobiles” was organized by the Public Art Program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. It was presented by Allstate, in celebration of its 75th anniversary, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. A series of sculptures by 5 Chicago artists: Mary Brogger, Ted Garner, Dessa Kirk, John Mason and Lucy Slivinski. John Kearney “Moose” was exhibited in Pioneer Court on Michigan Avenue. The artists were allowed to select automobile parts at Tech-Cor, [Allstate’s state-of-the-art research and training facility in Wheeling, Ill.].. which was delivered to their respective studios. The artists used the discarded car parts like windshields, tailpipes, mufflers, sidewalls, springs and bumpers, and made them into pieces of art.

Red Lilies – by Dessa Kirk
Hedgerow – by Lucy Slivinski
Glass Bench – by Ted Garner
Arise 2 – by John Mason.

“Artists and Automobiles” was at South President’s Court in Grant Park, Columbus Drive across from Buckingham Fountain.
The indoor “Chicago Car Culture” was at the Chicago Cultural Center.
John Kearney “Moose” was exhibited in Pioneer Court on Michigan Avenue.

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NOTE: Now only two of these sculptures remain:
Hedgerow – by Lucy Slivinski, and
Red Lilies – by Dessa Kirk.

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