The Serpentine Fence located at the South Street Mall and Courts in Jamaica Plain is art with a practical purpose. It separates the mall’s walkway and seating areas from the adjacent tennis-basketball courts. As a work of art the chain-link fence is made of specially manufactured metal mesh, coated with purple-colored vinyl. The mesh hangs from a stainless-steel serpentine rail and non-vertical posts that create the fence’s 120-feet-long, undulating pattern. At night the fence is illuminated by in-ground lights that give it new life after dark. The fence was conceived by the artist, Beth Galston; fence rail and posts were fabricated by Bartek Konieczny of Solution in Metal; the chain-link mesh was manufactured by Barry Ward Inc. The fence was installed in 2010.