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The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Bridge Reflected in the Monongahela River.  Photograph Brian Cohen
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Bridge Reflected in the Monongahela River. Photograph Brian Cohen

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Pittsburgh Artist of the Year is a bird of a different feather

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Keystone Edge, Pop City's sister publication the covers the state of Pennsylvania, highlights Pittsburgh Center for the Arts "Artist of the Year" Tim Kaulen.

The 43-year-old artist, whose work has a decidedly avian motif, has collaborated with everyone from Massaro, P.J. Dick and Trumbull construction firms to grad students from Chatham University's landscape architecture program to achieve his pieces that make use of raw and reused materials and greenery

"The bird that Kaulen's work most resembles may be a phoenix, that mythical symbol of rebirth and renewal," writes Christine H. O'Toole. "Over a 15-year career in Pittsburgh, he's rescued dozens of artifacts from the region's industrial past and transformed them into giant urban sculptures. It's recycling at its grandest, with local companies handing over their gritty two-ton scraps to the artist for free."

Click here to read the complete Keystone Edge article about Tim Kaulen.