moose135
2007-09-19, 07:11 PM
Stopped by Eisenhower Park to have some lunch today, and found surreal this scene. A 25 foot tall sculpture based on the famous American Gothic painting was being installed in a field in the park. They were in the middle of installing the parts when I got there, and it attracted quite a crowd of curious onlookers.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848286-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848458-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848940-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849015-L.jpg
Here's a look at the finished sculpture. I'll have to go back one morning to get some shots when it's not backlit.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849138-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849280-L.jpg
And a little background on what it's all about.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ ... 6502.story (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyc--nassausculpture0919sep19,0,2566502.story)
Nassau installs sculpture in Eisenhower Park
1:40 PM EDT, September 19, 2007
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - A 25-foot-tall sculpture by artist J. Seward Johnson is being installed in Eisenhower Park on Long Island. The sculpture is inspired by the iconic Grant Wood painting "American Gothic." It's on temporary loan from The Sculpture Foundation, which encourages the placement of public art. The work is being installed near Parking Field 6 in the massive park, which is located in central Nassau County. A huge crane will lift parts of the huge sculpture into the air and set them on top of one another _ first the giant pants and skirt of a man and woman, next the torsos and then the heads.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848286-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848458-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197848940-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849015-L.jpg
Here's a look at the finished sculpture. I'll have to go back one morning to get some shots when it's not backlit.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849138-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/197849280-L.jpg
And a little background on what it's all about.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ ... 6502.story (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyc--nassausculpture0919sep19,0,2566502.story)
Nassau installs sculpture in Eisenhower Park
1:40 PM EDT, September 19, 2007
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - A 25-foot-tall sculpture by artist J. Seward Johnson is being installed in Eisenhower Park on Long Island. The sculpture is inspired by the iconic Grant Wood painting "American Gothic." It's on temporary loan from The Sculpture Foundation, which encourages the placement of public art. The work is being installed near Parking Field 6 in the massive park, which is located in central Nassau County. A huge crane will lift parts of the huge sculpture into the air and set them on top of one another _ first the giant pants and skirt of a man and woman, next the torsos and then the heads.