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James Wille Faust's 'Chrysalis,' which was installed at the Indianapolis International Airport terminal in 2008, was dismantled and placed in storage . Copyrighted image appears by kind permission of the artist's management.

Indianapolis airport reconsiders removing artwork

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Public sentiment is for keeping James Wille Faust's 'Chrysalis' at the Indianapolis International Airport terminal. Copyrighted image appears by kind permission of the artist's management.
Public sentiment is for keeping James Wille Faust’s ‘Chrysalis’ at the Indianapolis International Airport terminal. Copyrighted image appears by kind permission of the artist’s management.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Officials at Indianapolis International Airport are reconsidering a decision to take down a three-story sculptural painting and replace it with a video screen that will show advertising.

Plans had been to remove the glass-and-canvas piece called Chrysalis from the prominent spot over the main escalators where it has been since the airport’s new passenger terminal opened in 2008.

Airport spokesman Carlo Bertolini tells The Indianapolis Star that plans to install a video wall remain, but that officials are looking into whether it can be placed elsewhere.

A spokesman for Mayor Greg Ballard says the mayor’s office has expressed its support that airport visitors be greeted with high-profile public art.

The airport paid $150,000 for the piece made from canvases, aluminum and glass panels that weighs more than a ton.

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Information from: The Indianapolis Star, http://www.indystar.com

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James Wille Faust, Chrysalis. Copyrighted image appears by kind permission of the artist's management.
James Wille Faust, Chrysalis. Copyrighted image appears by kind permission of the artist’s management.