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thinmanlittlebird
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Title: thinmanlittlebird
Photo Credit: Peter Shelton
Lead Artist(s):
Description:
This is as two-part work that flanks the entry colonnade of a 1917 neoclassical Central Indianapolis Public Library designed by Philadelphia based architect Paul Cret. Amazingly, the original two stone pedestals were never appointed with sculpture to complete the Beaux-Arts program. I was commissioned to make two works that would pay respect to the building and its design tradition while also bringing the building forward to the present with contemporary sculptures. On the left, the 44-foot tall elongated bronze thin man stretches up from its pedestal surpassing the Library parapet above. On the right, a small bronze sparrow perches atop the eleven-foot diameter bronze torus little bird that hovers over its pedestal below.
PROJECT LOCATION
Library
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, on the façade
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
40 E. St. Clair Street
Indianapolis,
IN 46204
United States
PROJECT TEAM
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation
KPFF Consulting Engineers, Blue Mountain Fine Art, Arsee Engineers, Arsee Engineers
PROJECT DETAILS
Permanent
$545,000
Private
Metalwork
Metal
Sculpture
2009
2010
