Oldenburg became well known locally when his iconic Clothespin was installed across from Philadelphia’s City Hall in 1976, becoming the talk of the town.
“Public Art Pathway” is one of four free events included in the aPA’s “Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art This Spring!” campaign, a month-long celebration inviting Philadelphians and visitors to rediscover the city’s outdoor sculpture.
The Philadelphia Daily News interviews Julia Guerrero, who oversees Philadelphia’s One Percent for Art program.
Acquired by aPA for the International Sculpture Garden, the carved stone spouts and lintel are characteristic of ritual bathing pools inside Hindu and Buddhist temples.
In 1952, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s purchase of the Prometheus cast represented the institution’s largest payment for work by a living sculptor.
“Sculpture,” said Henry Moore, “should always at first sight have some obscurities, and further meanings.”
For summer 2014, artist Candy Coated temporarily transformed The Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art into a magical environment of color, pattern, illusion, and movement.
The exterior and interior of City Hall contain over 250 works of sculpture, many of which relate to Philadelphia’s government and history, principally attributed to one man, Alexander Milne Calder.
The International Sculpture Garden was conceived by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) in the 1960s as part of the anticipated U.S. Bicentennial celebration. Originally located at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, most of the sculptures from the garden are now in storage.
Writer Amy Freeman shares with Phillyist readers the details behind our new Museum Without Walls: AUDIO program for Philadelphia’s outdoor sculpture.