http://www.flickr.com/photos/minneapolisorg/tags/claesoldenburg/ Fri, 30 May 2008 14:09:42 -0700 Fri, 30 May 2008 14:09:42 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/buddyicons/25934684@N07.jpg?1326397354#25934684@N07 http://www.flickr.com/photos/minneapolisorg/tags/claesoldenburg/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/minneapolisorg/2537366270/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/minneapolisorg/">meetminneapolis</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/minneapolisorg/2537366270/" title="Minneapolis Skyline at dusk with Spoonbridge and Cherry"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2084/2537366270_15edf90567_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Minneapolis Skyline at dusk with Spoonbridge and Cherry" /></a></p> <p>Photo attribution MUST include: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen<br /> Spoonbridge and Cherry 1985­–1988<br /> aluminum, stainless steel, paint<br /> Collection Walker Art Center<br /> Gift of Frederick R. Weisman in honor of his parents, William and Mary Weisman, 1988<br /> <br /> A highlight of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the monumental fountain-sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. While Oldenburg and van Bruggen, his wife and collaborator, have produced a number of large-scale sculptures of everyday objects, such as a flashlight in Las Vegas and a firehouse in Freiburg, Switzerland, Spoonbridge and Cherry is their first fountain sculpture. The giant spoon stretches 52 feet across a small pond shaped like a linden tree seed. A fine stream of water, just enough to make the aluminum cherry gleam, flows over the cherry from the base of the stem. A second stream of water sprays from the top of the stem over the cherry, down into the spoon and the pool below. In winter, snow and ice accumulate on the cherry and the bowl of the spoon, changing the sculpture's character with the seasons. The colossal spoon and cherry required unusual facilities for their construction, and two New England ship-building firms were contracted to build the huge aluminum and steel forms.</p> Fri, 30 May 2008 14:09:42 -0700 2008-05-28T21:51:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (meetminneapolis) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2537366270 44.968016 -93.289031 44.968016 -93.289031 2452078 Minneapolis Skyline at dusk with Spoonbridge and Cherry <p>Photo attribution MUST include: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen<br /> Spoonbridge and Cherry 1985­–1988<br /> aluminum, stainless steel, paint<br /> Collection Walker Art Center<br /> Gift of Frederick R. Weisman in honor of his parents, William and Mary Weisman, 1988<br /> <br /> A highlight of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the monumental fountain-sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. While Oldenburg and van Bruggen, his wife and collaborator, have produced a number of large-scale sculptures of everyday objects, such as a flashlight in Las Vegas and a firehouse in Freiburg, Switzerland, Spoonbridge and Cherry is their first fountain sculpture. The giant spoon stretches 52 feet across a small pond shaped like a linden tree seed. A fine stream of water, just enough to make the aluminum cherry gleam, flows over the cherry from the base of the stem. A second stream of water sprays from the top of the stem over the cherry, down into the spoon and the pool below. In winter, snow and ice accumulate on the cherry and the bowl of the spoon, changing the sculpture's character with the seasons. The colossal spoon and cherry required unusual facilities for their construction, and two New England ship-building firms were contracted to build the huge aluminum and steel forms.</p> meetminneapolis minnesota minneapolis walker sculpturegarden walkerartcenter spoonbridgeandcherry claesoldenburg minneapolislandmarks minneapolisparks stainlesssteelsculptures minneapolismuseums http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en