I was most haunted by the famine ship monument in Murrisk, beside the bay at the foot of the holy Croagh Patrick. Compared to its environs, it is a gaunt metal husk (exactly the point, I suppose).
Those are splendid. The Dublin memorial is featured on the cover of a book I have about the famine (not currently with me at the moment or I'd reference the title).
That's quite memorable. Even though I said the best civic sculpture has a tie-in to its place, it's certainly possible—and happens often—that a more "generic" sculpture becomes its own locus of place. There are two in Chicago like that; the animal-shaped thing that Picasso made, and the "bean" by Anish Kapoor. https://www.choosechicago.com/articles/tours-and-attractions/the-bean-chicago/
Oh, I see what you mean: there’s a lot of them around! And I was totally sold on its uniqueness. I seem to recall reading on a plaque there that it was an attempt to show the world still housed inside a encompassing if fractured Christianity, which I guess gives it a hint of place. Might still check about refunds.
Kent Ullberg is an incredible sculptor. I had no idea how large his Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness is, as I had just seen the image of the bison "running through" the building. Thanks for sharing!
They're not as gleeful as your examples in Omaha, but the public memorials to the Irish famine across Ireland certainly embed hidden local histories in their physical environments: https://www.theirishpotatofamine.com/en-us/pages/irish-famine-memorial
I was most haunted by the famine ship monument in Murrisk, beside the bay at the foot of the holy Croagh Patrick. Compared to its environs, it is a gaunt metal husk (exactly the point, I suppose).
Those are splendid. The Dublin memorial is featured on the cover of a book I have about the famine (not currently with me at the moment or I'd reference the title).
Spirit of Nebraska’s Wilderness is brilliant and so clever. Would get my vote too. The globe at the Vatican Museums was really stunning up close - beautiful and not in context, yet undeniably powerful: https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/archive/viWbXKGx4ivhG19VGAdX_1082094798.jpeg
That's quite memorable. Even though I said the best civic sculpture has a tie-in to its place, it's certainly possible—and happens often—that a more "generic" sculpture becomes its own locus of place. There are two in Chicago like that; the animal-shaped thing that Picasso made, and the "bean" by Anish Kapoor. https://www.choosechicago.com/articles/tours-and-attractions/the-bean-chicago/
Oh, I see what you mean: there’s a lot of them around! And I was totally sold on its uniqueness. I seem to recall reading on a plaque there that it was an attempt to show the world still housed inside a encompassing if fractured Christianity, which I guess gives it a hint of place. Might still check about refunds.
Kent Ullberg is an incredible sculptor. I had no idea how large his Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness is, as I had just seen the image of the bison "running through" the building. Thanks for sharing!