I did not realize I had seen a Roy Lichtenstein until I went web searching for the name of this piece. Struck by the whimsy and colors, I photographed the sculpture during a personal trip to Philadelphia several years ago. Read more about the sculpture and the Rittenhouse Square Tour here.
Here, again, I was struck by bold colors. The garden-sculpture-garden is tucked out of sight; I visited it in on a walk with family familiar with the campus. I was surprised to learn that the landscape architect is Michael Van Valkenburgh who I associate with more "naturalized" landscape design. For example, Teardrop Park in NYC, Wellesley College Master Plan, and Allegheny Riverfront Park in Pittsburgh. However, as I write this, I realize that the Kraus Campo is similar to the restored Boston Children's Museum landscape, especially from an aerial perspective. Read Marty Carlock's article in the Dec. 2008 Landscape Architecture magazine - "Playful, But Not a Playground: Boston Children’s Museum brings learning outside."
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It shouldn't surprise me, but I did not know that Lichtenstein sculpted. Thanks for the realization.
ReplyDeleteHm, I think of him more as a painter. Interesting! That red walkway in the second garden is BOLD.
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping me win an argument. I insisted at lunch today that the sculpture we had just walked past was a Lichtenstein. My friends insisted he never sculpted and suggested it was nothing like his work. But a google images search found your page with a shot of the very piece we walked past. Further proof was readily available in the dozens of other Lichtenstein sculptures, many similar, that are also on google. Isn't the Internet a glorious thing?
ReplyDeleteGlad I could help, Anonymous.
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