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On the Eastern Prom, a pair of rocks and their concrete copies aim to challenge perception
The public art installation is the product of an Icelandic artist's residency at the University of Southern Maine.
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“Hella Rock,” a public art project by Ólöf Nordal of Iceland on the Eastern Promenade in Portland, consists of four rock boulders: one of Maine granite, one a 5,000-year-old lava rock from Iceland, and two concrete replicas created by University of Southern Maine students.
Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
The latest addition to Portland’s public art collection is easy to mistake as nothing but nature.