3 Sculptures in Relief
On St. Luke's United Methodist Church on the Highland Strip.
the Hippo House at the Memphis Zoo,
and the Main Street Fire Station.
Each is a streamlined metal relief representation of the building's function, an alternative to the detailed ornament banished from modernism.
the Hippo House at the Memphis Zoo,
and the Main Street Fire Station.
Each is a streamlined metal relief representation of the building's function, an alternative to the detailed ornament banished from modernism.
Labels: architecture, art, Memphis, modernism
posted by gatesofmemphis at 1:03 AM
5 Comments:
I have to admit that the St. Luke's sculpture looks like an alien masquerading as an angel to me. I want to shout, "don't take the book fifties era metal children!"
I have to agree with jccvi. The eyes on the first one are squinty and frightening, like the children are being gobbled up by a book-eating goblin... But cool idea for public art. Two thumbs up for effort.
maybe Hirschfeld made it.
Oh, thanks a LOT...
I went to the Highland library all the time as a kid and vividly remember the hideous St. Lukes Bible-dropping alien. And the zoo's lascivious hippo scared me too!
Brrrrr.
CBU has one, too, on its campus. They are pretty cool.
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