Delightful Curious Creatures on a Concrete Bench

at the 
Krannert Art Museum
Urbana Illinois
bench photography, statues
Unfortunately I can't tell you much about this sculpture except that it's in the wee garden outside the museum.  I searched online but couldn't find any info anywhere, not on this link below either.

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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was established in 1868, and it was as early as 1875 that an art gallery was established in Old University Hall by Regent John Milton Gregory.

What I remember of this day in 2014 is how lucky I was to come across a Goya exhibit titled Goya's War: Los Desastres de la Guerra. Such a powerful and compelling exhibit, and painful. It was also a reminder to me that you don't have to paint huge to make a powerful statement with an artwork. After spending a couple of hours in the museum I sat outside in the wee garden and ate my lunch next to these wonderful curious creatures. They were a whimsical break from Goya's exhibit and a time to just let my imagination soar.


So if you dear reader know who created this sculpture please leave a comment.
cheers

Comments

Anonymous said…
Kind of looks like a Tom Otterness sculpture, huh?

I love his work-the whimsy of it soothes me. :-)
They have a whole garden of them at the main branch of the Cleve Pub Lib (the Eastman Reading Garden.)

So fun.

xoxo T

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