ALLEYWAGS
Around the corner from the Historic Chateau Theatre in the arts district of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, in an otherwise mundane alleyway, unsuspecting passers-through may get the feeling ... that they are being watched.
Anyone daring to check may be lucky enough to spot one of five whimsical figures clinging to the walls, peering down on them from various vantage points on perches high above.
In a world where everybody is bent over looking down, there is occasionally a rare treat for those taking the time to look up. Inspired by grotesques and gargoyles - and in the spirit of those types of architectural decorations - this set of five sculptures of cast steel and "tchonk" glass by Artist Karl Unnasch keeps watch over passersby and, if spotted, calls out to them in his characteristic style: "Look. Look again."
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