The Stuck at The Airport arts team is a big fan of big art at airports.
And Tampa International Airport’s (TPA) giant flamingo doesn’t disappoint.
The sculpture is 21 feet tall and lives in TPA’s main terminal. The creation of artist Matthew Mazzota, the sculpture is officially titled “Home.” But thanks to a naming contest hosted by the airport last year, the big bird is now better known as Phoebe.
We finally got to meet Phoebe in person and have to say we are just wowed.
The flamingo isn’t the only newish big work of art at TPA Airport. And far from the only appealing artwork in TPA’s impressive public art collection.
Aaron Stephan’s “Paths Rising,” in the Main Terminal walkway to SkyConnect Station, is composed of over 600 ladders set inside a light well and positioned to imply a portal to what lies beyond.
(Courtesy TPA Airport)