| The Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is an amazing place to visit in Grand Rapids, MI. The Sculpture Park is proclaimed to be the most extensive display of sculptures in the midwest featuring over 30 worldwide-reknowned sculptors, including: Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Mark di Suvero, Magdalena Abakanowicz, George Rickey, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Juan Munoz, Hanneke Beaumont, Louise Bourgeois and Mimmo Paladino. The Sculpture Park covers about 32 acres with a mile long trail that passes by each of the sculptures. Most of the grounds are beautifully landscaped with a meandering stream, with waterfalls and wetland areas that attract wildlife such as Great Blue Herons. See more photos at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park - Page 2. | There is also a variety of indoor habitats for different types of plants such as cacti and orchids. The Gardens also features an assortment of carnivorous plants. An outdoor amphitheatre at Meijer Gardens also hosts evening outdoor summer concerts. My personal opinion was that the Sculpture Park was far more impressive than I'd anticipated, whereas the Gardens were less so. Nevertheless, I can strongly suggest a visit to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. It's a beautiful place. Their official website can be visited at: Frederik Meijer Gardens. Larger version of these photos can be viewed by using a mouse rollover (center image with arrow keys) or by using the Slideshow below. You can use the following link to add this page to your favorites. |
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Aria #3746 This painted steel sculpture was created by Russian artist Alexander Liberman in 1983. |
Aria #3756 Alexander Liberman, who created this piece, was also active in publishing with Vogue and Conde Nast Publications. He was also an an active artist that created abstract paintings. |
Broken Nose Carrying a Bottle This bronze sculpture was created by Spaniard Juan Munoz in 1999. |
Bronze 25 Bronze 25 and Bronze 26 face each other, about 15 feet apart at Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park. |
Bronze 26 Bronze 25 and Bronze 26 were created by Dutch sculptor Hanneke Beaumont in 1995 and 1996. |
Bronze Form #3784 The very large and impressive Bronze Form was one of Henry Moore's last sculptures. |
Bronze Form #3877 Henry Moore's "Bronze Form" as seen from another angle. |
Cabin Creek One striking feature of this sculpture by American sculptor Deborah Butterfield is that it was designed from, and looks exactly like driftwood. And yet, the sculpture is bronze, made by individually casting the separate pieces of driftwood and then assembling those separate pieces. |
Colossus Colossus was cast in bronze by Michele Oka Doner, an American, in 2003. |
Column of the Free Spirit Column of the Free Spirit was created by Richard Hunt in 2000. |
Disk In the Form of a Desert Rose This bronze sculpture is by Arnaldo Pomodoro. |
Eve This work by famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin was cast in bronze from a model made in 1881. |
Figure On a Trunk This bronze sculpture was created by Magdalena Abakanowicz in 1998. |
Grand Rapids Arch This sandstone arch was created by Andy Goldsworthy and built in 2005. I was somewhat bothered that the arch was built atop the blacktopped walking path, which in my humble opinion detracts from its appearance. |
Grosser Trefree Grosser Trefree, in bronze, was created by Dietrich Klinge in 2000. |
I, you, she or he... "I, you, she or he..." was created from stainless steel and stone by Jaume Plensa in 2006. |
Introspective Introspective was made from bronze by Sophie Ryder in 1999. |
Introspective The bodies from the neck down are amazingly life-like within the various stances. The heads, somewhat rabbit-like are sinister. |
Light of the Moon #3806 Light of the Moon is a bronze sculpture by Igor Mitoraj dated 1991. |
Light of the Moon #3809 Light of the Moon is a personal favorite, resting somewhat askew and rising to a height of - oh, about 8 feet, if I remember correctly. |
Male/Female Male/Female was made from aluminum in 2001 by Jonathan Borofsky. The figure stands about 30 feet tall on a hilltop in Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park. |
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