Hometown salute: new art tribute to Dylan on display outside Minnesota school

The memorial has metal panels with lyrics from Bob Dylan songs etched into them, and a sculpture of a chair, which is similar to the one he sat on while he was in the high school as a student. Photo: Hibbing Dylan Project

A public art tribute to Bob Dylan was unveiled Saturday in Hibbing in the United States with the hopes of inspiring a new generation of young artists.

The display of the Iron Range town’s most famous resident is located outside Hibbing High School, where the 80-year-old Dylan was a 1959 graduate.