H
ot Springs artist David
Malcolm Rose remembers
driving the old highways
back in the day when they
brought tourists into small towns
instead of skirting around them. As
interstates became the favored routes,
independent businesses in those
communities were lost to national
chains of fast-food restaurants and
convenience stores.
But Rose didn't want "The Lost
Highway" to be forgotten, and he
began to capture those fading dairy
bars and gas stations in photographs.
Over the years, those photos became
the three-dimensional models now on
exhibit at the Fort Smith Regional Art
Museum. His dream when he started
was an immersive "super-show" like
the Pompeii exhibit he stumbled into
in New York; his fondest wish now
that he is 73 is that an entity like the
museum will take over care of the
whole collection.
From Woodstock, N.Y., Rose
wandered his way to Arkansas after he
got out of the military in 1971. Landing
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6 WHAT'S UP!
OCTOBER 10-16, 2021
RIVER VALLEY
End Of An Era
'The Lost Highway' remembered at FSRAM
FAQ
David Malcolm Rose:
'The Lost Highway'
WHEN — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues-
day-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday,
through Jan. 30
WHERE — Fort Smith Regional
Art Museum, 1601 Rogers Ave.
COST — Free
INFO — 784-2787 or fsram.org
Artist David Malcolm Rose remembers the unique small-town businesses
off the beaten path of the interstate in his sculpture series "The Lost Highway."
(Courtesy Image/David Malcolm Rose)
