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Close to Home: Washington D. C. Sculpture Garden

January 18, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

The Sculpture Garden in Washington D. C. is part of the Smithsonian Institution´s National Gallery of Art. It´s nice to just sit down and relax from another day of long distance walking around the Mall. Some of the sculptures are quite nice to look at, I´m particularly fond of the metal tree by Roxy Paine called "Graft". All sculptures have a certain humorous expression in common, it´s good to see when artists aren´t taking their art and themselves too serious. There is another nice Sculpture Garden opposite from this one, in front of the Hirschhorn Museum, which has some more serious and modernistic art on display. 

 

 

 

 

From Barry Flanagan´s "Thinker on a rock"

 

 

 

Roy Lichtenstein´s "House" is an optical illusion, a lot of fun to look at.

 

 

 

"Graft" by Roxy Paine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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