Tolerance - Houston, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 29° 45.712 W 095° 23.518
15R E 268717 N 3294796
The seven figures of Tolerance represent the Earth’s seven continents, illustrating the commonality of the human experience. In fact, the primary difference between each of the seven identical statues is the unique boulder that each one rests upon.
Waymark Code: WMQFGX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 5

Tolerance is a series of kneeling figures, each approximately 10 feet tall. From 365 Things in Houston Website:

The characters that make up the stainless steel mesh are Plensa’s signature alphanumeric pattern, containing letters, numbers and symbols from a number of languages including Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean, Greek, Hindi and Cyrillic. The artist stated that the arrangement of characters is random and that there are no words or written statements contained within the mesh designs.

Title of Piece: Tolerance

Artist: Jaume Plensa

Material/Media: Stainless Steel

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Buffalo Bayou

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