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"STANDING TALL" on
Chicago's Navy Pier:
Pier Walk 2000
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The
largest outdoor sculpture show in the world opened on May 10, 2000 and
ran through November 6, 2000. "STANDING TALL -
Community Totem" was
located on the pier opposite the Shakespeare Theater and between the
Odyssey II and the Anita Dee II. In November it moved to the Oakton Sculpture Park in
Des
Plaines, Ilinois on the campus of Oakton
Community College. |
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| "STANDING TALL - A Community
Totem" copyright © 2000 Peter W. Michel, (Click here for enlargement) |
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| "STANDING TALL - A Community
Totem" |
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| "STANDING TALL - A Community Totem" 19'-5"
high with an 8'-0" square base. |
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| Painted wood and steel with 2000 pounds of sand ballast
in
the base..
"In a world in which we often find ourselves isolated
and estranged from one another, my work suggests and celebrates
the possibility
of relationship and community where love, support, playfulness and
individual self expression can flourish." -Peter W.
Michel
The 2000 Chicago Pier Walk Show is the sixth year of
this show and is claimed to be the largest temporary outdoor sculpture
show in the world. In 1998 Pier Walk '98
had 171 monumental outdoor pieces by artists from 9 countries. It was
expected that 7 million people would visit Pier Walk '98 during its 6
month duration. The 1999
show had 113 sculptures and featured a piece over 100 feet long by the
celebrated English sculptor Sir Anthony Caro.
A post card
of this piece is available (top left photo above). |
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The photo at the left and below is taken from the
Pier Walk 2000 web site (photos by others)
 model (photo by others)
Also to see 32-1/2" tall painted wood tabletop version click here |
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| Previous year's piece: " Fathers and Sons "
now is located at the
The Wandell Sculpture Garden at Meadowbrook Park
in Urbana, Illinois. Also see photos of the move . |
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| Also see Totems
and Expressions
of Community . |
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| All images and text © 1983-2008 by Peter
W. Michel (except where noted by others) |
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Limited edition wood tabletop piece ("Fathers & Sons")
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See WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
" FATHERS and SONS
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