I've lived in the St. Louis area my entire life, yet for whatever reason I'd never been to Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills, MO. I was finally able to rectify that approximately two months ago. It really is a gem.
Here are a few of the halfway-decent pics I took there (click the thumbnail for a full-size version):
Alexander Liberman's The Way, made of eighteen salvaged oil tanks:
Robert Stackhouse's St. Louie Bones:
The trees were just starting to bud:
Johann Feilacher's imposing Redwood I. Carved from a single piece of Redwood, it's thought to be the largest such contemporary sculpture in existence:
This is Robert Lobe's The Palm at the End of the Parking Lot, a dead walnut tree that he covered in hammered aluminum and stainless steel:
And this is Face of the Earth #3 by Vito Acconci:
This is Niki de Saint Phalle's Ricardo Cat. This sculpture was on loan to the Missouri Botanical Gardens during their Niki exhibit a couple of years ago. It's currently the property of Laumeier, but I'm not sure if it was the park that loaned Ricardo Cat to MoBot, or if it found a home here because of the exhibit:
I'm fascinated by Armand P. Arman's La Libellule (The Dragonfly). When viewed head on (a picture I unfortunately failed to take), the sculpture looks like a woman with golden wings. As you move around the statue, however, you see the 'wings' are actually propeller blades and discover that chunks of her are missing:
The Public Goddess by Judith Shea. The surrounding walkway and gardens are included as part of this installation:
The neon sign adorning the current office, gift shop, and indoor museum. While the building is 100+ years old, this sign likely dates to 1998 and was designed by artist Terry Allen to welcome visitors to Laumeier's annual Art Fair. It's also considered a sculptural installation, entitled Laumeier U-ME-UM:
This little guy was playing on and behind the sign:
Laumeier is a treasure trove of Ernest Trova sculptures. The park owns 40 of his works; most are in the park, but some have been lent out. This is one in his 'Falling Man' series (known specifically as 'Flowerman'), for which he was best known:
Jene Highstein's Window 1/3, with Ernest Trova's Gox No. 3 peeking through in the background:
I hope you enjoyed this. As I said, I took many more pictures but honestly I wasn't pleased with most of them. However, if anyone wants to see more I'll see what I can do to share them also.
-RBB
Here are a few of the halfway-decent pics I took there (click the thumbnail for a full-size version):
Alexander Liberman's The Way, made of eighteen salvaged oil tanks:
Robert Stackhouse's St. Louie Bones:
The trees were just starting to bud:
Johann Feilacher's imposing Redwood I. Carved from a single piece of Redwood, it's thought to be the largest such contemporary sculpture in existence:
This is Robert Lobe's The Palm at the End of the Parking Lot, a dead walnut tree that he covered in hammered aluminum and stainless steel:
And this is Face of the Earth #3 by Vito Acconci:
This is Niki de Saint Phalle's Ricardo Cat. This sculpture was on loan to the Missouri Botanical Gardens during their Niki exhibit a couple of years ago. It's currently the property of Laumeier, but I'm not sure if it was the park that loaned Ricardo Cat to MoBot, or if it found a home here because of the exhibit:
I'm fascinated by Armand P. Arman's La Libellule (The Dragonfly). When viewed head on (a picture I unfortunately failed to take), the sculpture looks like a woman with golden wings. As you move around the statue, however, you see the 'wings' are actually propeller blades and discover that chunks of her are missing:
The Public Goddess by Judith Shea. The surrounding walkway and gardens are included as part of this installation:
The neon sign adorning the current office, gift shop, and indoor museum. While the building is 100+ years old, this sign likely dates to 1998 and was designed by artist Terry Allen to welcome visitors to Laumeier's annual Art Fair. It's also considered a sculptural installation, entitled Laumeier U-ME-UM:
This little guy was playing on and behind the sign:
Laumeier is a treasure trove of Ernest Trova sculptures. The park owns 40 of his works; most are in the park, but some have been lent out. This is one in his 'Falling Man' series (known specifically as 'Flowerman'), for which he was best known:
Jene Highstein's Window 1/3, with Ernest Trova's Gox No. 3 peeking through in the background:
I hope you enjoyed this. As I said, I took many more pictures but honestly I wasn't pleased with most of them. However, if anyone wants to see more I'll see what I can do to share them also.
-RBB
