Miami International Airport Starting in 1991 and continuing through 2010, artist Michele Oka Doner has paved the concourses of Miami International Airport with thousands of sculptural bronze elements, from sea plants and animals through native Florida plant life to astronomical objects. Extending over more than two miles, Doner's fantastical installations are a first welcome and a last farewell to airport passengers. This slipcased 24-panel foldout showcases Doner's three major public works in a charming keepsake volume. A Walk on the Beach consists of saltwater creatures and plant life - all indigenous to South Florida -cast in bronze and embedded in black terrazzo overlaid with mother-of-pearl. From Seashore to Tropic Garden draws on botanical imagery, including flowers and palm fronds, against white terrazzo. The two meet in Galaxy, a dynamic spiralling interchange of white and black. Its powerful material quality engages the imagination and demonstrates the essential purpose of public art. AUTHOR: Artist Michele Oka Doner derives her formal vocabulary from a lifelong study of the natural world. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs at the Louvre, and many more. She is the author of 'Miami: Blueprint of an Eden', and she has published three books focusing on her work. SELLING POINTS: ? Miami International Airport is the 12th busiest airport in the U.S. In 2011, 38.3 million passengers travelled through the airport. Within the airport are more than 20 bookstores, newsstands, and Miami souvenir shops ? Artist Michele Oka Doner is Miami-born and -bred and is closely identified with the city. Her previous book, Miami: Blueprint of an Eden, chronicles the growth of the 'magic city' through personal photographs and mementos ? Michele Oka Doner is constantly in the news, with public and corporate artworks, exhibitions, and gallery shows 20 colour illustrations ***24 panel fold-out***
