– from the archives Pittsburgh PA June 12, 2014
252-inch tall sculpture A Turn of the Century by J. Seward Johnson, which is a three-dimensional interpretation of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s 1883 painting Dance at Bougival.
Click here to tour Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ where the sculpture is now
I’ve blogged this sculpture twice already 2014. 2020
Carnegie Museum of Art this afternoon with my sister Mary.
This huge sculpture was just inside the museum, opposite the entrance doors
Eye sculptures!
We were downtown in the Cultural District on Wednesday night, thanks to a generous friend who shared tickets they were unable to use. And there we were, right by the eye benches and fountain. We’d just come out of the Theater Square Garage. We photographed the Eye Benches, sculpted by artist Louise Bourgeois.
Bill Mazeroski -a Pittsburgh icon. His home run was what caused the Pirates to win the pennant in the 1960 World Series.
He passed on Friday at age 89. Here’s the NYTimes obituary
I made a post when the statue was unveiled.
The 99 year old photographer James Klingensmith was present at the ceremony by PNC Park. It was his photograph the artist Susan Wagner based her sculpture.
You can watch The Greatest Home Run Ever clicking link.
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Rest In Peace.
The colorful sculpture Toyosaurus created by pop artist Renee Dupree caught our attention.
Located at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
And texted to me. A Google image search told us the name of the sculpture and artist. Jerzy Kedziora
More on other sculptures by Kedziora in the Park click to see Girl With Yo-Yo and The Rower
Here’s an article Gravity Defying Sculptures Totally Transform Schiller Park Click to see more sculptures
Six years ago I posted a photograph of one of his works at the Columbus library Duo with Chair suspended from the ceiling
Note: Just added this little poem shared by Judy Kindergarten teacher extraordinaire.
There was a boy,
A tiny mite,
Who tried to fly
A mighty kite
But then at last
It came to pass
Both boy and kite flew out of sight!
One of my favorite kindergarten poems❤️ Judy
I read it every year to my kindergarten class. Then each child had to predict what happened to the boy and /or draw a picture or how do you think his mother felt when she saw him?
One of the best pictures was Superman saved him!!! We read it every March! We painted kites and made pattern kite tails. Oh how I miss those days!! Judy S
“’Walking to the Sky’ is a portrait of all of humanity rising upwards from the earth to the heavens above — striving into the future with strength and determination.” Says the CMU (a’64) alumnus and artist. I drive by the Carnegie Mellon campus and think about trying to find a place to park to photograph this public art from a closer angle.
I posted a guest blog by Shuey of this sculpture in 2017 and another post from Berlin in 2018 Borofsky’s work Molecule Man
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Bill Mazeroski made baseball history October 13, 1960. My dad was at that game.
Here’s an article by Lauren Davidson about Bill Mazeroski hitting the homerun that made the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series.
October 13th is known as Bill Mazeroski Day in Pittsburgh.
Here’s the video of that winning home run
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