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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . a piece of sculpture?
Motorists travelling Highway 401 past Pearson International Airport aren't seeing things.
There, on a mound of mud and sod that is usually home to the roar of traffic and the worst wind tunnel this side of the prairies, now sit three gargantuan pieces of contemporary art, installed just last week.
The sculptures, each by a Canadian artist and made of honking chunks of weather-resistant metal that loom mightily over Canada's largest and busiest highway, cost an estimated $700,000 to produce but are free for the two seconds of viewing afforded by a fast-moving vehicle.
And they'll be sticking around for the next three years as part of Artstage, a new public art exhibition on the airport's grounds. It's the result of a collaborative effort led by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and curator Andrew Davies, and underwritten by corporate sponsors.