by jfawcett | Feb 17, 2014
The Abstract Variation (A/V) series of sculptures are made in Cor-ten steel and are often painted, mostly in primary colors such as blue, black, red, and yellow. They range in size from modest, shelter-like forms to monumental, barricade-like pieces, all with the...
by jfawcett | Feb 17, 2014
Ringed by trees, rising from a grassy mound, and pointing slightly upward is the skeletal frame of a vessel. For hundreds of years, boats have used the Mississippi River as a major waterway in this country. Tim Curtis’s Mystic Vessel Ascending pays homage to the...
by jfawcett | Feb 17, 2014
Like thick stalks of Missouri tall grass, this sculpture seems to grow out of the cobblestones on the north side of Eads Bridge on the Mississippi riverfront. Robin Murez used broken glass and mirrors in a mosaic style to create her sculpted blades of “grass” that...
by jfawcett | Feb 17, 2014
Constructed from scrap metal and colorful “fish heads” made by the artist, this arrangement of statues is a whimsical version of a merry band of musicians. Borrowing their style from both folk art themes and surrealism, Coughlin sculpted these fish...
by jfawcett | Feb 17, 2014
Visible from both an elevated highway and the streetscape below, Footnote isa 49-foot-tall, bright orange, blue steel, and copper spire composed of intersecting linear elements. Resembling a giant abstracted treble clef, the sculpture calls our attention to and acts...
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