Meijer Sculpture Gardens

Meijer Sculpture Gardens

Lawrence Technological University

June 13, 2017

Girl Standing in Nature

Segal, George

Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)

American

Visual Works

1976

Michigan (state)

Grand Rapids (inhabited place)

Modern (style or period)

women (female humans)

public sculpture

nudes (representations)

View of sculpture of female nude by George Segal at the Meijer Sculpture Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "George Segal began his career as a painter and teacher, then began to use plaster-infused bandage strips (the type doctors use to make casts for broken bones) to make sculptures of his family and friends. Although historically making molds from life was discouraged, Segal’s methods and aesthetic revolutionized the history of sculpture. Best known for images that capture one moment in time and depict ordinary people in everyday situations, Segal is an integral part of the Pop Art movement. In the mid-1970s, he found a way to transfer his plaster images into bronze in order to be placed outdoors, but usually patinated or painted the surface to replicate the original plaster. Girl Standing in Nature was his first work made specifically for outdoor placement"--Meijer Sculpture Gardens.

bronze (metal)

67 x 22 x 12 inches

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