KENNETHSNELSON,NEEDLE TOWER, 1968, FROM THEHIRSHHORN’SCOLLECTION.PHOTOBY LEE STALSWORTH
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Needle Tower by Kenneth Snelson in HirshhornMuseum and Sculpture Garden
CuLTure
Art Goes Alfresco
summer include
RushHour
,Georgesegal’scast-ironde-
pictionof grimcommuters, andJamesTurrell’s
Tending,
(Blue)
. Thepiece isdesigned forpeople toactuallysit
inside it and lookupat thesky throughasquareopening
in theceiling. LeD lightssubtlyalter theway thesky
looks. It providesadifferentway toview theordinary,
whichafterall isoneof art’sprimary functions. 2001
Florastreet, (214) 242-5100, nashersculpturecenter.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.
HirshhornMuseum and
Sculpture Garden
Asanoffshoot of thesmithsonian Institution,Hirshhorn
museumandsculptureGarden isexpected tobeafirst-
rateoperation. It doesnot disappoint. situatedon the
plaza that surrounds themuseumand inasunkengar-
denacross thestreet, thealfrescoHirshhornboastssome
terrificpieces. They include thegeometrically themed
NeedleTower
(above) byKennethsnelson, a life-size
stainlesssteelworkbyJeffKoons, andsmile-provoking
piecessuchas theself-explanatory
ManPassingThrough
theDoor
. Inasectionof thegardendominatedbyan
abstract Joanmirósculpture, there isasound installa-
tion that consistsof a loopingscottish folksong,which
bringsanotherdimension to thegarden’svisual aesthet-
ics.Acoupleof blocksaway, on thecornerof 7thandH
streets,NW, are three largehigh-resolutionLeDscreens
onwhicha30-secondanimationpieceplaysseveral times
perhour. Thevideoemployscutting-edgedigital tech-
niques,whichhelpmake foraperfectmeldingofworksof
art from thepast, present, and future.Nationalmall at
thecornerof 7thstreet and IndependenceAvenue, sW,
(202) 633-1000, hirshhorn.si.edu
PARIS
Tuileries Garden andMusée Rodin
Neoclassical andmodernsculpturesplayoff of oneanoth-
er insideParis’ oldestpark,TuileriesGarden (located
near themuséeduLouvreand theArcdeTriomphe),
whereyou’ll seestatuesofmythological goddessesand
militaryheroes.Besure tocheckoutHenrymoore’s
recliningfigureandabronzeraymondmasonpiece
