Mechanical Riverfront Kingdom in Decatur, Georgia

In the congested traffic along a prominent Decatur thoroughfare, commuters may notice an unusual garden of giant metal sculptures, and a man playfully encouraging them to wake up from their lulled complacency. According the Clark Ashton, the exhibition’s sculptor and designer, the commuters are part of the “mechanical river,” and his garden, towers, and metal throne are all part of his Mechanical Riverfront Kingdom.  Ashton has been creating giant metal sculptures in his yard since 1989, when we welded his first metal man, Adam, from scrap iron. Since then he…

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