ARTIST: Barbara Grygutis
MATERIAL: Native North Carolina Brick Pavers
DATE: 2009
LOCATION: Walnut St Park | 1420 Walnut St.
COMMISSIONED: Town of Cary
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In collaboration with OBS Landscape Architects, the artwork titled Imaginary Garden is a complex woven design in native brick (15 feet wide brick promenade approximately 800 feet long) which starts at the parking lot where the promenade meets the parking pavement and follows the subtle curve of the promenade where it bursts into a blossom to create a plaza at the intersection of Lawrence Road and Walnut Street. The decision to use brick as the “art” material was an obvious natural, since it is a material made form the local earth. Brick has a rich history in the Triangle/Cary area. The artwork creates a place of tranquility and unity with nature punctuated by elements of surprise and interest where you sit and watch people, meet a friend, read a book. National Award Winner 2010 Brick Industry Association.