Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park – part III
In my last post I took you on a tour around the open air sculpture park.
This post will bring you to a most amazing Sculpture created by Nina Akamu:
The American Horse, 1998 (Bronze).
Read the fascinating story behind this giant sculpture and who insired the artist here.
Belowe our first meeting with this giant Sculpture
First glimpse was from the “Train” that brought us around the park
This was our second glimpse. We thought we had to go back..
We returned walking – it was really worth it
Inspired by who? What do you think?
We were amazed - watch the details
To give you an idea how large the Sculpture really is:
Can you see a human beeing here?
Look at this. Majestic. Power. Art. Nature. All in one.
We have more from this wonderful park and gardens.
A well much more from our Summer Vacation.
Next post: California, Victoria, Michigan. Indiania, Minnesota, Washinton, Illinois, Norway or what? Stay tuned;-)
This post will bring you to a most amazing Sculpture created by Nina Akamu:
The American Horse, 1998 (Bronze).
Read the fascinating story behind this giant sculpture and who insired the artist here.
Belowe our first meeting with this giant Sculpture
First glimpse was from the “Train” that brought us around the park
This was our second glimpse. We thought we had to go back..
We returned walking – it was really worth it
Inspired by who? What do you think?
We were amazed - watch the details
To give you an idea how large the Sculpture really is:
Can you see a human beeing here?
Look at this. Majestic. Power. Art. Nature. All in one.
We have more from this wonderful park and gardens.
A well much more from our Summer Vacation.
Next post: California, Victoria, Michigan. Indiania, Minnesota, Washinton, Illinois, Norway or what? Stay tuned;-)
Labels: Frederik Meijer Gardens, Nina Akamu, toraa, Tthe American Horse
posted by TorAa at
9/07/2011 09:55:00 pm
32 Comments:
Wow! That is such a magnificent sculpture, what a work to get it ready - Leonardo would have been proud of the result!
Wow, beautiful indeed. I would love to see this in person. One of these days.
Have a terrific day. Big hug to you and Anna. :)
This is a magnificent piece...! The size alone is Fantastic in all it's details...! BEAUTIFUL, Tor, just Beautiful...!
Oh wow. It is huge and a majestic sculpture. I would love to see it for myself.
The horse sculpture looks almost like a real horse ! what an artist !!
Oh, WOW! I have never seen a horse that big, I'm sure! I'm so glad you drew attention to the person lying down because I would have missed it altogether!
Beautiful photos! That's a regal looking statue of a horse! Very nice!
By the way, I'm so sorry if I rarely reply on comments in Flickr since I don't really use it that much aside from just storing photos for my blog.
Wonderful photos Tor!!!
Det var da en utrolig flott park. Liker så godt hesten av drivved.
Underbart!
Ha en trevlig helg. Förresten kika gärna in och titta på in Fotoutmaning!
Yes, it is magnificent!! gorgeous!!
BTW have you seen the Grand Rapids Lip Dub?
http://bit.ly/jnfdtr
and the story:
http://n.pr/l4BZFo
It didn't work out like I wanted , here are the direct links again:
the video
the story
this is so BIG! and beautiful to be sure. what an inspiring sculpture. thanks for sharing, and for stopping by my blog to say hello. I truly appreciate it. happy day to you.
The beauty of power and strength and nature. Amazing. Thanks for this, and thanks for stopping by.
Marvelous sculpture, Tor! Just looking at the pictures I imagine your feeling in front of it! Majestic! It looks like we are stil in summer here with 30°C today! And you are soon here!
Fantastic scupture!
«Louis» thanks you for visiting San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.
wow, that really is quite enormous and impressive in the details.
you mentioned coming to MI next year. unfortunately i am quite far from MI. if you find yourselves in eastern pennsylvania though that's my neck of the woods. :)
Majestic indeed Tor! Besides Dragon, horse is very auspicious during the Chinese New Year too.
I am slowly catching up Tor :D
Hope you are well and fine.
Beautiful captures :)
Vilken vacker skulptur av en kraftfull häst :)
Thanks for popping by my blog Tor....:D
Glöm inte att i kväll startar ny omgång av Fotoutmaningen för alla hos mig ;)
A wonderful sculpture and great shots. Have a nice weekend !
Thanks for your post on my Sky Watch. November is a nice time to come back to Texas. I'm sure it was much nicer in Norway this summer than it was here.
Are you coming out for a short stay, or a long one?
Thanks for coming by my blog. That is truly an amazing sculpture--it captures the power, beauty, and majesty of a magnificent animal. You took some great photos of it--thanks for posting them. Mickie :)
Amazing! I am so glad you pointed out the human to give us an appreciation of the scale.
These are utterly amazing. Thanks again, and thanks for stopping by.
came over from your other blog... Wow, have never seen anything like this before.. absolutely gorgeous...
what a lovely sculpture and so life life...
TACK för din kommentar. Ja, jag älskar att gå i skogen och nu när vi har en "liten" en där jag bor så försöker jag gå där så mycket som möjligt.
Ha en fin dag!
So very glad to see that you found the beauty of art and nature at Meijer Gardens! It is a wondrous place. Sorry that you missed it last summer when they had the glass sculptures of Chihuly. Here are my posts from last year. http://helenmac-fabiusdaybyday.blogspot.com/search/label/Chihuly
P.S. your photos are great!
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