Artist behind $1,800 mailboxes delivers on ambitious expansion plans

Forced to move by redevelopment, pipe-bending entrepreneurial artist Scott Gerber finds a new home.

In July 2020, a three-piece Peace, Love and Happiness installation displayed in Tube Dude's parking lot on Main Street ahead of its debut in New York City.
In July 2020, a three-piece Peace, Love and Happiness installation displayed in Tube Dude's parking lot on Main Street ahead of its debut in New York City.
Photo by Nat Kaemmerer
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Scott Gerber calls his Tube Dude creations “art a la carte.”

Given the nomadic history of his company in and around Sarasota, perhaps it could be called "art on a cart."

 

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