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The Stairs
Until I read the information on this piece, and saw the name of it, I thought it was a windmill. My West Texas was showing…
“The Stairs”
Sculpture by Monika Sosnowska at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Austin, Texas
photographed 5.12.2017
Road Angel
This piece was the reason I was at the sculpture park in the first place. It’s by the modern Renaissance man Terry Allen and is a bronze cast of a 1953 Chevrolet coupe and gives every appearance of having just careened off a narrow West Texas road into the woods of Austin.
And the headlights are on.
“Road Angel”
sculpture by Terry Allen at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Austin, Texas
photographed 5.12.2017
Looking Up
This fellow was charming – he’s made from crushed aluminum foil roasting pans, and then cast in steel.
“Looking Up”
sculpture by Tom Friedman at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Austin, Texas
photographed 5.12.2017
Time Span
On a recent trip to Austin, I went to a sculpture park to see what I could find.
I didn’t see any wayfinding devices at the place – maybe I missed them, which opens up an interesting line of thought – so I was left to wander through the wooded compound. Sculptures would loom up in front of me, which made for a very interesting experience.
On April 5, the sun shines right through that hole in the middle and lights up a small plaque on the ground. April 5 was the day the piece was completed and the artist’s birthday.
“Time Span”
Nancy Holt, sculptor
at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Austin, Texas
photographed 5.12.2017
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