Home Sight
Artist
Jeannette Brossart
Durham, North Carolina
Date Installed
2017
Medium
Mosaic and concrete
Artist Website
Location
Northern Passage: LoFi Park, North Eugene Street and West Smith Street
Made Possible By
Gail Boulton
Collection
Part of the Neighborhood Benches Collection along with
- Western Branch: north of Guilford Avenue crossing
- Western Branch: between W. Market Street/W. McGee Street
- Southern Trace: Five Points, Freeman Mill Road ramp
- Western Branch: Morehead Park, Spring Garden Street and Edgeworth Street
- Southern Trace: Carolyn Coleman Way and Arlington Street
- Southern Trace: Bragg Street and Martin Luther King Jr Drive
- Eastern Way: Murrow Boulevard and East Market Street
- Northern Passage: Murrow Boulevard and Chestnut Street
- Northern Passage: LoFi Park, North Eugene Street and West Smith Street
Description
This bench represents the Fisher Park neighborhood. Artist Jeannette Brossart focused on the community’s architecture and the idea of “home”, as well as the abundance of nature found in Fisher Park that defines the neighborhood. The artist saw a relationship between architectural details found in nearby homes, and patterns found in nature’s “homes”, like a shell or a nest. These details are united by a stream of blue mosaic that ribbons across the face of the bench, just as the stream connects the neighborhood itself.
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