Stainless Steel Metaphors - Riverfront Park - Peoria, IL
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This sculpture is a statement about the hostile side of nature, with profiles of animals and human parts having at it.
Waymark Code: WMWMKF
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2017
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In Peoria, along Riverfront Park, is this sculpture installation called "Stainless Steel Metaphors."
The sculpture is located along a paved path and right along the river, not far from a footing for the I-74 bridge over the Illinois River. There is a parking lot off the exit for Ill. Route 29.
The sculpture has a squarish footprint and has several beams on the ground from which the rest of the sculpture is built. There is a jumble of figures that are cut in outline. The forms are derived from animal and human forms. In the center is a feast as hyenas and other animals appear to be tearing something apart. Vultures and crows are on high points looking on. At one corner is a human wielding a club. Another has a leg of a woman and another spot is a negative of that same leg.
The base has the name of the sculptor, Preston Jackson, as well as the Fabricator, John C. Hanley, and the Patron - A. Lucas and Sons.
There is a sign nearby, with the following text:
"'Stainless Steel Metaphors'
The Lucas Steel
Outdoor Sculpture Project
Preston Jackson, Artist
A. Lucas & Sons, Donor
John C. Hanley, Fabricator
1992
'We are individuals possessing our own set of responses to life. There are obvious differences between the lives of the fortunate and the unfortunate. our state of existence breeds a predator-prey society, a syndrome that is very much part of our lives. Many people today exist in a false sense of security.
The steel images metaphorically give life to view is what we as a society have become. This is a fact that cannot be ignored. This planet connects every aspect of life that exists within. We share the same problems; no one is totally safe.'
Preston Jackson"
Title of Piece: Stainless Steel Metaphors
Artist: Preston Jackson
Material/Media: Stainless Steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Riverfront Park
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