City Springs Art Walk

Take a stroll and discover the sculpture at City Green. These pieces are the current winners of 2023 ArtSS in the Open sculpture contest. 

UpCycle

By Joni Younkins-Herzog

Material: Steel, bicycle wheels, paint

From the artist: "This artwork was inspired by recycling and the interesting variety presented by the differences of wheels. The concept was to repurpose older bicycles into a work of art that celebrated professional and amateur cycling, art, music, community, and recycling."

Change in Direction

By Adam Walls

Material: Steel and paint

From the artist: “Change in Direction represents the shifting elements in my design process and thematic interests. This sculpture displays a sphere rolling across, knocking over, and tumbling off a set of pillars mounted to a steel base. I enjoy creating a sense of movement in most of my work.”

Candy 4 Sandy

By Mark Larkin

Material: Powder-coated welded steel

From the artist: “Candy 4 Sandy, like many of my sculptures, was influenced by one of my heroes, Alexander Calder who is the father of ‘mobile’ (kinetic) sculptures. Calder’s nickname is Sandy and to honor him I often try to incorporate his nickname in my public art sculpture titles.”

Flowing Arches

By Matt Moyer

Material: Painted steel

From the artist: "This sculpture explores how different people and communities (the varied colored arches) are connected by bridges (the pylon-type legs) and rivers (the wave-like form)."

The Reader

By Jeff Whipple

Material: Casted GFRC concrete with rebar, foam interior

From the artist:  "This sculpture is meant to inspire children to read. It shows a young boy being lifted up by a book and how a book can lead readers to new places, show them new things, and allow their imaginations to soar. The base is a stack of books which help launch this child in his reading flight."

Nesting

By Richard Herzog

Material: Steel, Driftwood

From the artist: “My work explores botanical forms, the lack of interaction between man and nature, the artificialization of nature, and the patterning that occurs in nature. This sculpture talks about organization and the chaotic nature within natural and man-made forms.”

Luminaria

By Stephen Landis

Material: Concrete, steel, acrylic

From the artist: “As a sculptor, clay is the material I prefer to work with. To me sculpting with clay is drawing into three-dimensional space. It is flexible and supports the movement and fluctuations of my creative process. My process most often is born with the discovery of a form of some sort, which then becomes the starting point for my sculpture.”

Digital Age

By John Cheng and Wendy Zhang

Material: Stainless steel, bronze

From the artists: “The Korean and Chinese words mean heaven, earth, people, clouds, water, mountains, and rivers and the 0-1 numbers represent the binary. This sculpture work expresses the arrival of the digital data era, which brings a huge change of living methods to human beings. As a result, the future of human beings has infinite possibilities. Data fills our lives. This piece expresses that in the digital age, human beings share a beautiful life.”

Caprice

By Charles Pilkey

Materials: Stainless steel, bronze

From the artist: “A work of whimsy… there are two kinds of artworks… those that offer escape from the world and those that protest the world’s injustice. As the title suggests, Caprice is of the former type, an entertaining work of whimsy intended to provide temporary rest from the mad rush of modernity.”

The Vision for Art in Sandy Springs

The community has a vision for Sandy Springs to be a leader and premiere arts destination in the Atlanta metro area. A key component of this vision is the Art in Public Places led by the City of Sandy Springs and administered through various departments in partnership with Art Sandy Springs and other community groups.