The National Mall looks different today.

[sufrommich]

The National Mall looks different today. You may only notice what looks like a zen garden while walking past it. But from up above the Washington Monument, you’ll notice a face.

The face is a 6-acre portrait shaped by Cuban American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, who used 2,500 tons of sand and 800 tons of soil. The eye is made from gravel.

But whose face is it? The portrait isn’t of anyone famous. Instead, it is several faces merged into one.

The project is called “Out of Many, One,” which is the English translation of E Pluribus Unum.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/10/why-there-is-a-huge-face-on-the-national-mall/


( I would have guessed it was Obama)

[femmocrat]

1. I wonder if it is a permanent installation or on-going project?

The article says it was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery.