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Silo artist Guido van Helten arrives in rural Coonalpyn to embark on latest project

Silo artist Guido van Helten is not fazed as he gazes up at his latest blank canvas five towering grain silos in the South Australian town of Coonalpyn.

"They're not that big," he said, with a smile. "I'm prepared."

For the month of February, the travelling artist renowned for his attention grabbing large scale projects will have a very public platform on the side of the busy Dukes Highway, the main route connecting Adelaide and Melbourne.

The buzz around the project, the first in South Australia for the artist, is tangible and on Wednesday night, it is standing room only at the local footy club, as residents pack in to get their first glimpse of Guido.

MC for the night, Coorong District Council's Nat Traeger draws a big laugh from the 120 strong crowd when she relayed a story of a man who approached her and queried if "there are going to be any nudes".

"He was still going to come anyway, but he was going to bring his friends if there were nudes," she said, before introducing the artist.

Quietly spoken, as the artist guides the audience through a photographic slideshow of his recent projects, including Brim's now famous silos and a long train of wagons in New South Wales, there is silence in the room.

"I really want the work to be about you. It is not mine," van Helten said.

"I want you guys to take ownership of it.

"It is not just about the silos, it is where they sit and the community they sit in."

After his presentation, he pulls up a stool and sinks into a plate of freshly barbecued snags and chats to locals, some of whom were clearly expecting someone a little flashier.

"Doesn't really look like he drives a Ferrari, does he?" quips one man, standing at the bar with a beer in his hand.

The power of art Born and bred Coonalpyn resident Brett Dewhurst admits he had never heard of the name Guido van Helten before the Coonalpyn silo project was announced in July last year.

"I heard he did the Brim silos," he said.

"They were really good and it brought a lot back to their town. Hopefully it does the same here."

With his wife Tracy, Mr Dewhurst is opening a cafe with what promises to soon be the best view in town the front windows looking directly onto the silos.

Called the Coonalpyn Silo Cafe, the business will be one of the first opened in the town for some years and Mr Dewhurst hopes the artwork will help guide visitors and small businesses back to the town.

"It has just died recently," he said, matter of factly.

"There is not much industry here anymore."

As a small child, he remembered a once bustling main street filled with small businesses and farming industries.

Now the van cleef bangle bracelet fake sound of traffic, of which thousands of vehicles pass through the town each day, pervades the main strip.

In the last six months, the town has turned the steady stream of highway traffic into a positive.

The arts renewal project Creating Coonalpyn is six individual projects on the highway designed to give drivers a reason to stop, rather than just pass through.

Now that steady stream of traffic is going to be the town's fortune and council has already planned an RV festival after the silos are complete, designed to show off the town's revamped look.

"Coonalpyn is now having it's turn in the sun," Coorong District Council's Neville Jaensch said.

"We are right behind the community with this project. They are a very enthusiastic bunch and very proud of their community."

Who will feature?Even before it has begun, van Helten's arrival in town has already caused a bit of a stir and generated van cleef diamond bracelet fake more media than the town has seen in decades.

Much of the speculation is about which residents might be immortalised in the project, after Brim's silo subjects became mini celebrities overnight.

But the van cleef arpel bracelet fake artist does not know yet. Although his work attracts international attention, van Helten is planning a fairly down to earth approach to finding any possible diamonds in the rough.

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