THE FENCE New York, Boston, Atlanta
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Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, Washington
In 1998, the Seattle Art Museum teamed up with The Trust for Public Land to turn a defunct petroleum transfer site into a striking open space. When the Olympic Sculpture Park opened on the waterfront a de- cade later, locals secured a front-row seat to both big-name art and a city shoreline that had long been closed off from the public. Today, an elegant promenade zigzags across green lawns and artwork, passing over a highway and train tracks before sloping down to the waters of Elliott Bay. The col- lection settles comfortably into the harbor landscape and features works by Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, and Louise Nevelson. When pleasure-seekers have their fill of sculpture, they can head down to the beach to relax, explore a salmon- habitat restoration project, or climb a platform for views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
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There’s a traveling gallery you’ll only find along a chain-link fence. The centerpiece of this peripatetic event is a thousand-foot-long banner of images by photographers from around the globe, displayed in various public green spaces. Begun in 2012 by a coalition of photography organiza- tions, “THE FENCE” has appeared in New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, Boston’s Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, and the Atlanta Beltline. The project celebrates all kinds of diversity, with past shows spotlighting unique com- munities from Russian bodybuild- ers to the vanishing tradespeople of Hoboken, New Jersey. At a distance, passersby might mistake this pop-up spectacle for a glossy ad campaign— but up close they’ll discover candid, commercial-free imagery in a delight- fully unexpected spot.
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The Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Garden at the Getty Center Los Angeles, California
Perched in the Santa Monica Moun- tains and with sweeping views of downtown Los Angeles, the Getty Center feels a world away from the tangled freeways below. Its cream- colored travertine walkways wind between galleries and lush greenery, giving the complex a Mediterranean feel. The Stark Sculpture Garden, a gift from Hollywood producer Ray Stark and his wife, offers arriving visitors a peaceful spot to transition from the bustle of the city to the contemplative mood of the museum. The garden’s designers have created an intimate outdoor room, with trees and myrtle hedges suggesting walls and tufted fescue grass for a carpeted floor. It’s the perfect setting to survey sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, Elisa- beth Frink, and Barbara Hepworth— arranged like actors on a stage—and take in the massive bronze by Henry Moore towering serenely above the reflecting pool.
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