Eric Nordgulen
Topiary at Indianapolis Cultural Trail
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
I wanted to design a sculpture that would draw attention to books, the importance of literacy and outreach, and the book sharing system. The sculpture is a series of linear vine forms that suggest growth and development, a kind of topiary composition that wraps around an existing planted garden space on the trail. Thus, these sculpture forms emerge from the garden space and suggest that reading is another form of growth.
Topiary, 2015
Painted steel, acrylic plastic
45 feet
About the Artist
Nordgulen is a sculptor and educator who sees his work as a means to explore one’s relationship to his or her surroundings.
“I use my work to generate physical questions that allow one to rethink their position based on what they see and what they know.”
INSTALLATION DATE:
August 2015-August 2019
INSTALLATION LOCATION:
Southeast Corridor of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Contact Us
The Public Collection is a public art and literacy project developed by Rachel M. Simon, with support from the Herbert Simon Family Foundation. Books for TPC are supplied and stocked by the Indianapolis Public Library.