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#26 and # 25 – by Hanneke Beaumont

1995–1996 / Bronze / 60.25 x 51.31 x 39.56 inches and 45.75 x 49.5 x 39.69 inches.

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

My day trip: September 21, 2011.

While these life-size sculptures are made from bronze, they are finished to appear more like terra cotta, which Beaumont often prefers along with other clays and iron. Their rough surfaces convey a strong sense of age, deterioration and simplicity, while the silence and stillness of the figures helps to create intimacy between the sculptures and the viewers.

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