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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project
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Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, is seen squatting beside the installed piece, posing with two white plastic buckets and a hand trowel for mixing foundation cement. He is across from Anton ("Tony") Rajer, professional art conservator who specialized in the preservation of folk art, and Steve Boyum (Sid's son and beneficiary), who initiated a preliminary sculptural survey as part of the Save Outdoor Sculpture (SOS) in 1992 with students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Designated for a "test move" because of its small size, "Smiling Mushroom" was the first piece to be moved from Sid Boyum's backyard for public installation. It was part of a community-based volunteer project to preserve Boyum's larger outdoor work to public parks, landscaped areas and private residences throughout the Atwood-Schenk neighborhood. The "Smiling Mushroom" has a yellow face, red lips, an open mouth with lower teeth, nose and eyes. A few toadstools ring the base of its stem.
April 2000
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project
April 2000
Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect in the brimmed hat, is see...
"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project
April 2000
Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, is seen at the tail end o...
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"Smiling Mushroom"
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