Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park (nelson-atkins.org)
The Sculpture Park collection includes four iconic Shuttlecocks as well as recent additions by Roxy Paine and Robert Morris.Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Wikipedia)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art.Outside on the museum’s immense lawn, the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park, designed by Dan Kiley, contains the largest collection of monumental bronzes by Henry Moore in the United States. The park also includes works by Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin, George Segal and Mark di Suvero, among others.Standing Figures (Thirty Figures) (art.nelson-atkins.org)
Magdalena Abakanowicz’s figures are instantly identifiable by their stark imagery. The haunting power of these headless, standing figures invites many interpretations, and the artist welcomes this approach. Could they be awaiting final judgment? Do they suggest war victims? Are they primordial beings in silent communication? Each figure is individually cast from a burlap-lined body mold.