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Gilgal Sculpture Garden

Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT

We visited the Gilgal Sculpture Garden in Salt Lake City the last time we were there. It’s not incredibly well known; it was created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century, and includes sculptures and engraved stones.

Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT

Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT

Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT

Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Salt Lake City UT

The sculptor here used the KJV, Job 19:23-27

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see G-d:

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

 

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Seven Magic Mountains

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

Pics from our visit to Seven Magic Mountains, Ugo Rondinone’s art environment about ten miles south of Las Vegas:

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

From the site:

Comprised of seven towers of colorful, stacked boulders standing more than thirty feet high, Seven Magic Mountains is situated within the Ivanpah Valley adjacent to Sheep Mountain and the McCullough, Bird Spring, and Goodsprings ranges of mountains. A creative expression of human presence in the desert, Seven Magic Mountains punctuates the Mojave with a poetic burst of form and color.

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

It will be up through the end of 2021.

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

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Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

Ugo Rondinone's Seven Magic Mountains outside Las Vegas

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Souls Grown Deep to AAM

Joe Minter's African Village in America, Birmingham AL

I mean, really, the bench on Joe and Hilda’s porch, across from the chairs we almost always sit on, is its own art. Awaiting their place in another of Joe’s assemblages: doll heads, flags, a barbell, construction hats (Joe loves those), drink containers, a ‘keep out’ sign…

Souls Grown Deep Foundation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Asheville Art Museum to receive three sculptures, one of which is by Joe Minter, and a quilt by Amelia Bennett:

 “Since initiating this program in 2014, we are pleased to have provided twenty institutions around the country with works by some of the most important artists of our time,” said Maxwell L. Anderson, president of the foundation. “Having these artists and their stories represented in major collections is crucial to a full and nuanced understanding of the art historical canon. We are pleased that Asheville, Baltimore, the Henry, and Toledo will add these works to their collections from coast to coast, and further understanding and appreciation of these narratives throughout their communities.”

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