Why a blog about Pittsburgh Sculpture?
My name is Carol and I’ve been intrigued by the sculpture in Pittsburgh since I arrived at the University of Pittsburgh and wondered why there was a statue of Christopher Columbus in Schenley Park.
I’ve since graduated and am staying in this fine city that has sculpture in every neighborhood. Recently, I checked Discovering Pittsburgh’s Sculpture by Marilyn Evert and Vernon Gay out of the library and got many of my questions answered! It also inspired me to start this blog for two reasons: one is that the book was published in 1983, and as all Pittsburghers know, there are lots of places where things “used to be”. Many sculptures have moved and there are many more that have been added since then, and I think the subject matter is due for an update.
The second reason is that the book left me wanting more. Inherent to the book is having to leave things out due to the limited amount of space. I can’t imagine having to choose only one or two pictures for each piece!! I think part of the fun is seeing the environment in which the sculpture resides as well as the detail of the piece. Thankfully, the web offers an almost limitless canvas, and showing multiple pictures of each piece is exactly what I plan to do.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I’m enjoying writing and photographing!
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6 Responses to “Why a blog about Pittsburgh Sculpture?”
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Richard Says:
This is will seem frivolous, but the large statue of columbus, when viewed closely, has a flying disk in the background. I just noticed that. I just picked that out as I was looking at the full, high-quality photo.
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Carol Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Interesting. I think it’s more likely a bird or airplane than a UFO, though
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Michael Says:
I just “discovered” the same book last week, and found your blog today. I grew up in Pittsburgh and never new about many of the sculptures that Marilyn and Vernon presented. Living in Oceanside, CA now, and the book is wonderful, if somewhat dated. I look forward to following your adventure!
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Thank you!! I’m glad you like it!!!
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Katy Says:
Did you know that there is a non-profit Office of Public Art in Pittsburgh and that the City of Pittsburgh has a Public Art Manager?
Also, if you do not know about the Pittsburgh Public Art Walking Tours here’s a link to them: http://pittsburghartscouncil.org/public_art_walkingtour.htm
You may also be interested in the Public Art course at CMU’s Heinz College taught by Renee Piechocki, the Office of Public Art Director.
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Thank you for the resources– I will check them out!
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