Public art display has fun with 'American Gothic'.(Going Places) From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: August 5, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Paddock Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Mike Michaelson

During the last three years the streets of urban North America have been inhabited by herds of cows, pigs, horses, moose and even beagles (ala Snoopy). This year, we find furniture decorating the thoroughfares of Chicago while Cedar Rapids, Iowa, adorns its streets with reproductions of perhaps the most famous couple in the world of art - the stern-faced man and woman who are the subjects of Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic."

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