The Gallery of Environmental Art


The following graphics are intended to demonstrate what environmental art is and how it is used. Enjoy!



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The blue blaze on the 68-foot-high Mistros, a work built for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona is a reference to the Olympic Torch.
Towering over a subway exit, the 45-foot-tall Clothespin (1976) is a familiar Philadelphia landmark that anchors the plaza in front of City Hall.
At the Kroller-Muller Museum in the Nutherlands, the 41-foot-tall Trowel 1 (1976) looks as if it were left behind by an enormous Dutch gardener.
A large spoon with a cherry makes a whimsical fountain. (location?)
Ant Farm, "Cadillac Ranch (1974). A creative alternative to eye-sore junkyards. Is this better?
This massive work creates a large vase of flowers in the middle of a farm field.
Common elements can magically transform a place into a storybook wonderland, like this turtle drinking fountain does in Goudy Park, Chicago.
A unique structure that encloses a walkway w/ seating in metal and ivy in Columbus, IN.
What Central Park might look like if designed by Absolut Vodka. Would it really be that bad?
Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" (1970) uses a natural form in an uncommon location of Salt Lake.
This work might be missed by the unsuspecting hiker because of its connection to its environment.
An unique composition of mounds of earth topped with upright junipers. What is your opinion?
Designers have practiced for centuries turning a natural setting into a living, sculptured landscape.
A broom carrying buckets of flowers just doesn't seem that out of place in the landscape.
Artists use a live plant palette to create exciting Pop Art.
Artists form growing material into delighful sculpture as seen in this topiary of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
Sculpted topiary serves both form and function as Mickey welcomes guest to MGM Studios.
Water, light, and a nightscape can create beautiful displays. This fountain in front of Spaceship Earth creates a dramatic scene.
Only Walt Disney could make water flow backwards in this wonderful fountain.
This fountain in Chicago is a strong focal point, both visually and audibly, that can be viewed at a variety of levels.
Back-lit by the sun, the St. Louis Arch is a monument in itself to the magnitude of build sculptures.
Isamu Naguchi's UNESCO Gardens (1956-58) in Paris makes people react to their environment.

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