Portland Horse Project
Scott Wayne Indiana's Portland Horse Project
(horseproject.home.comcast.net): little plastic horses tied with steel cable
to the historic horse rings that dot the curbs along Portland’s sidewalks is a
must see. The project is approaching its first anniversary with astounding
success. Not only are the horses now everywhere you look, but herds of pigs have
been popping up as well!
Maybe Indiana was
inspired by the large horse outside Dazzle at Northwest 23rd Avenue and
Irving Street. Owner Faviana Priola found the unnamed stallion in 1990 at an
antique market underneath London Bridge and liked him so much she shipped him
home from the U.K. Indiana's comment on the Dazzle Horse? "I think they
should tie him to the nearest horse ring, so he doesn't run away, but maybe
he's well trained." Shouldn't be a problem—Priola brings the horse in to
sleep every night.
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