A $1.8 million "kinetic artwork" created by artist Ned Kahn has been selected for the facade of a new parking deck at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The airport struck a $181.5 million deal earlier this year to build the new ATL West parking deck that will be reachable via Sky Train.
The funding for Kahn's artwork would be part of the city's public art ordinance designating 1 percent of construction funds for art.
Kahn, a winner of a 2003 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, is an artist in Sebastopol, Calif. whose work is inspired by “fluid motion” and science, according to his website.
His work includes an installation on the facade of a Charlotte, N.C. parking garage, commissioned by the Bank of America, featuring small panels that move in the wind like waves on the wall of the building.
For more on why the new parking deck is needed, what other artwork is planned for the Atlanta airport and which installation is the most expensive art at the world’s busiest airport, read the full story on MyAJC.com.
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