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Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park

July 22, 2008

We travelled to Seattle to see former Oregon State University baseball player Jacoby Ellsbury, now the Boston Red Sox's starting Left Fielder, play in the Red Sox's series with the Seattle Mariners. High on our list was to visit this sculpture park. It would have been worth a trip on its own.

Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington

The Safety Cones were visible from almost everywhere in the sculpture park

The Safety Cones are BIG!

'Father and Son' (2004-2006, Stainless steel, aluminum, water, & bronze bell) - Louise Bourgeois

'Eye Benches I' (1996-1997, Black Zimbabwe granite) - Louise Bourgeois

'Eye Benches I' (1996-1997, Black Zimbabwe granite) - Louise Bourgeois

'Eye Benches II' (1996-1997, Black Zimbabwe granite) - Louise Bourgeois

'Eye Benches I' (1996-1997, Black Zimbabwe granite) - Louise Bourgeois

'Eye Benches III' (1996-1997, Black Zimbabwe granite) - Louise Bourgeois

Kathy really liked the 'eyeballs'

Here are some 'eyes' in one of the Aspen trees at the park

'Safety Cones' (2007, Glazed and pigmented cast fiberglass) - Dennis Oppenheim

'Seattle Cloud Cover' (2004-2006, Laminated glass with photographic design interlayer) - Teresita Fernandez

A view of the Space Needle through the 'Seattle Cloud Cover' sculpture

A view of the Space Needle through the 'Seattle Cloud Cover' sculpture

A view of the Space Needle through the 'Seattle Cloud Cover' sculpture

Kathy with Seattle in the background

'Seattle Cloud Cover' (2004-2006, Laminated glass with photographic design interlayer) - Teresita Fernandez

'Stinger' (1967-68 / 1999, Steel, painted black) - Tony Smith

'Stinger' (1967-68 / 1999, Steel, painted black) - Tony Smith

'Stinger' (1967-68 / 1999, Steel, painted black) - Tony Smith

'Stinger' (1967-68 / 1999, Steel, painted black) - Tony Smith

'Wandering Rocks' (1967-1974, Steel, painted black) - Tony Smith

'Typewriter Eraser, Scale X' (model 1998, fabricated 1999, stainless steel and fiberglass painted with acrylic urethane) - Claes Oldenburg

'Bench, untitled' (2004-2007, Concrete, bronze, and steel with porcelain enamel) - Roy McMakin

'Eagle' (1971, Painted steel) - Alexander Calder

'Eagle' (1971, Painted steel) - Alexander Calder

'Eagle' (1971, Painted steel) - Alexander Calder

'Eagle' (1971, Painted steel) - Alexander Calder

'Eagle' (1971, Painted steel) - Alexander Calder

'Bunyan's Chess' (1965, Stainless steel and wood) - Mark di Suvero

'Bunyan's Chess' (1965, Stainless steel and wood) - Mark di Suvero

'Bunyan's Chess' (1965, Stainless steel and wood) - Mark di Suvero

'Bunyan's Chess' (1965, Stainless steel and wood) - Mark di Suvero

'Sky Landscape I' (1976-1983, Welded aluminum painted black) - Louise Nevelson

'Sky Landscape I' (1976-1983, Welded aluminum painted black) - Louise Nevelson

'Sky Landscape I' (1976-1983, Welded aluminum painted black) - Louise Nevelson

'Sky Landscape I' (1976-1983, Welded aluminum painted black) - Louise Nevelson

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Wake' (2004, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel) - Richard Serra

'Split' (2003, Polished stainless steel) - Roxy Paine

'Split' (2003, Polished stainless steel) - Roxy Paine

'Split' (2003, Polished stainless steel) - Roxy Paine

'Curve XXIV' (1981, 3/8 inch weathering steel) - Ellsworth Kelly

'Persephone Unbound' (1999, Cast bronze) - Beverly Pepper

'Perre's Ventaglio III' (1967, Stainless steel and enamel) - Beverly Pepper

'Perre's Ventaglio III' (1967, Stainless steel and enamel) - Beverly Pepper

'Love & Loss' (2005-2006, Mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element) - Roy McMakin

'Love & Loss' (2005-2006, Mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element) - Roy McMakin

'Love & Loss' (2005-2006, Mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element) - Roy McMakin

'Love & Loss' (2005-2006, Mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element) - Roy McMakin

'Love & Loss' (2005-2006, Mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element) - Roy McMakin

The shore near the Olympic Sculpture Park

'Schubert Sonata' (1992, Steel, painted and unpainted) - Mark di Suvero

There are both walking and bicycling paths along Puget Sound past the sculpture park and through downtown. I don't know how far north and south the paths go.