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IN PLACE - Tiger Portal

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Tiger Portal is another IN PLACE work. Created in 2019 by Kayleigh Phillips, this piece is paint on metal. The work consists of two separate pieces of metal, one of which is placed further up a hill than the other. On the higher piece, the top half of a cartoon tiger emerges from what appears to be a doorway, while on the lower piece, the tiger's bottom half is entering an identical doorway. The implication of the work is that the two portals are link, a fact which seems to greatly confuse the tiger. This Phillips work serves to beautify an otherwise empty urban street corner.

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IN PLACE - Tiger Portal.

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Charleston putting new "face" on landscape with in-place mural projects, WCHS. April 19th 2019. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://wchstv.com/news/local/charleston-putting-new-face-on-landscape-with-in-place-mural-projects.

Eye of the Beholder: Public art fits in seamlessly around Charleston, Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 23rd 2019. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/eye-of-the-beholder-public-art-fits-in-seamlessly-around-charleston/article_2a10c3f6-315e-5004-b895-8d6d9797d752.html.

Public Art to be Installed During City-Wide Clean Up, Charleston WV. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://charlestonwv.gov/news-items/thu-04182019-1557/public-art-clean.

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Office of Public Art, Charleston WV. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://gisweb.cityofcharleston.org/storymaps/arttour/#.

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