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franconia sculpture park
from sculpture posted in art and design by pete_nice
Located northeast of the Twin Cities is the Franconia Sculpture Park, a self-guided sculpture garden/artist-in-residence workshop that's free and open to the public.
From their website: "Franconia Sculpture Park is an innovative community arts organization that provides residence and work space to emerging and established artists."
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from dmytro szylak posted in art and design by ratsnamgod
This house has been the home of Dmytro Szylak since 1950. After retiring from the General Motors assembly line in 1992, Szylak decided to turn the house into a colorful, dense, horse-filled work of art.
While the front of the house on Klinger St has some interesting objects, the main attraction can be found in the alley.
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from frank gehry, architecture posted in art and design by speedy_dee
Frank Gehry designed the Winston Guest House as a piece of working sculpture, inspired by the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi.
The guest home stood on the banks of Lake Minnetonka, and was listed as one of the best works of 1987 by Time magazine.
It was given to the University of St. Thomas and moved 110 miles to the Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna, MN where it can now be toured by the public.
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from isle of the dead, arnold böcklin posted in art and design by prof_improbable
This small isle off the island of Corfu is likely the inspiration for the Arnold Böcklin series of paintings, "Isle of the Dead."
The real-life tiny isle contains a small chapel amid a cypress grove. The dream-like painting also depicts an oarsman rowing a figure wrapped in white to a structure on an island.
The painting was enormously popular in central Europe in the 1920s, so much so that Vladmir Nabokov said that a print was to be "found in every Berlin home." Adolf Hitler purchased one of the originals for his own; prints hung in the offices of Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Lenin, and Georges Clemenceau.
Another less likely candidate for the inspiration of the location is the island of Ponza in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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from diane arbus posted in art and design by pete_nice
This location is featured in the blog entry, "Diane Arbus: life, photos, locations."
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