Elm Street is abloom, too!

This weekend while we were out photographing redbud blooms in the Greensboro Hebrew Cemetery, “Kang” was busy securing glossy magazine photos of flowers onto a lamp post in front of the Green Bean Coffee Shop. The metal pole is covered from base to top with lovely, springlike pictures. From a distance, it almost looks as if butterflies have landed on Elm Street.

One of the barristas at the Green Bean said an artist who calls himself “Kang” worked on the pole for two days. It is such a fun, uplifting work of temporary street art. A harsh rain or extreme wind will be the demise of this masterpiece. However, if you head to Elm Street soon, you will see this lovely piece that took hours and hours to cut and paste! It looks much better in person, as a 15 foot pole is hard to capture and retain the details available in a close-up.

If you know more about this installation or the elusive “Kang”, who is not jumping out on a google search, please let us know! We have a hunch there is a story behind this project. Could it be that ELSEWHERE Collaborative is priming us for their annual spring reopening?

In the meantime, we’re enjoying every photo we took of this project– from every angle.