Leafy Phoenix - Springfield, MA
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"Leafy Phoenix" is located outside the entrance to the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts on the Quadrangle, 21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMN2C7
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2014
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"Leafy Phoenix" is a kinetic sculpture by Andrew Carson created and installed outside Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts on the Quadrangle in Springfield, MA in 2014. The colorful bird-like 4' by 4' glass and copper kinetic sculpture pivots on top of an 8' pole. In the wind the tail feathers act as a spinning propeller to rotate the sculpture 360 degrees around the pole.
A sign next to the sculpture is inscribed:
Leafy Phoenix, 2014
Glass and copper wind sculpture
Andrew Carson
American, born 1952
Gift of Carol Leary in celebration of
her husband, Noel, and his delight in the arts.
Title of Piece: Leafy Phoenix
Artist: Andrew Carson
Material/Media: Glass and Copper
Date of Creation or Placement: 2014
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Springfield Quadrangle, 21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA.
Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link]
Web link(s) to YouTube or other video: Not listed
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