called
LaFoule
(it translates tomean
TheCrowd
—and
you’ll knowwhywhenyousee it).Anddon’t forget to
bringsomebread, cheese, andwine, since thegarden is
aperfect spot forapicnic.TheoutdoorsectionofMusée
Rodin issituatedalongside the indoormuseum, but it
featuressomeofRodin’smost iconicwork.This is
whereyou’ll go tosee
TheThinker
andhis rococo
The
GatesofHell
.The latter, inspiredbyDante’s
The Infer-
no
,wasoriginallycreated for theentranceof aParisian
designmuseum thatnevergotbuilt.MuséeRodin isall
the richer for thatmiscalculation.TuileriesGarden: be-
tween theMuséeduLouvreandPalacede laConcorde,
aviewoncities.com/paris/tuileries.htm;MuséeRodin:
79 ruedeVarenne, 011-1-4418-6110,musee-rodin.fr
ENGLAND
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
LocatedanhouroutsideofManchester,Yorkshire
SculpturePark isanart lover’sdream come true.
Originallydesignedasa “privatepleasureground” for
Britishbluebloods, it takesup 500beautifully land-
scapedacres. This summer, theparkwill featurea
career retrospective fromDavidNash, a sculptorwho
oftenworkswith largehunksofwood. Thewayother
artistsusepaintbrushes,Nashuses chain sawsand
blowtorches— togreat effect.And if youhappen to
visit London, be sure to checkout the light exhibition
on theParadeGroundnear theTatemuseum, Richard
Serra’s sculptureofCor-Ten steel nearLiverpool
Street station, andBanksy’spolitically charged street
art (aguide towherehispiecesare croppingup canbe
foundat artofthestate.co.uk/bansky/banksy.htm; click
on theLocationsMap).WestBretton,Wakefield,
England, 011-44-1924-832-631, ysp.co.uk
NEWYORK
Double Take
Just over theBrooklynBridge, inNewYorkCity’s
newly cool borough, sixartistsbring theirwork to the
exteriorofMetroTechCenter, adiverseofficepark
where companies ranging fromJ.P.Morgan to theMs.
Foundation forWomenhaveoffices. Sixartistswere
chargedwith creatingworks that playoff of elements
that canbe found surroundingMetroTech. Sculptor
ChristiandeVietri createdanearly six-foot-tall piece
that resemblesbranchesofwood ready tobe lit fora
bonfire.Morewhimsically, the teamofMatt Irieand
DominickTalvacchio transformeda streetlamp to
appearas though it hasmadea crater in theground,
itspost bent impossiblyas if aphenomenal event has
takenplace.Most intriguing, though, isNatasha
Johns-Messenger’s
ThisSideIn
, a structure that
appears toextend thearchitectureof the lobbyand
reflect theoutside, inessencebringing theoutside
inside.MetroTechCenter, betweenFlatbushAvenue
andJayStreet, publicartfund.org/doubletake
SuMMER 2010
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David Nash’s Ash Dome, planted in 1977 in Yorkshire Sculpture Park
LEFT:COURTESY YORKSHIRESCULPTURE PARK/PHOTO: JONTYWILDE ;RIGHT:MATT IRIE ANDDOMINICK TALVACCHIO,
LAMPPOST,2009;COURTESYOF THEARTIST, PHOTOBY JAMESEWING,COURTESYOF THEPUBLIC ART FUND
