Miami airport has 3 new art installations

MIAMI (AP) -- Miami International Airport has three new art installations.

Air Chair is a construction of a discarded wheelchair, steel and wood materials that floats above passengers. New York artist Paul Villinski was inspired by the wheel-chair bound men he saw during his frequent jogs near two Veteran Affairs hospitals on Roosevelt Island.

Roberto Juarez' MIA Flower Fence is a painted mural that juxtaposes botanical-style renderings of Florida's wildflowers with the geometric patchwork designs of Florida's Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.

Hortensia is two kaleidoscopic mixed-media murals by local artist Aramis O'Reilly.

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