DeCordova with Dogs
Earlier this fall while spending the weekend in Lexington, MA (and visiting the studio of gallery artist Jeanine Sobell Pastore) we discovered that the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in nearby Lincoln allows on-leash dogs to join their humans while perusing the grounds. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that we were able to explore the DeCordova with Thatcher and set out to enjoy a spectacularly beautiful fall Saturday in the largest sculpture park in New England with him by our side.
DeWitt Godfrey’s Lincoln was made specifically for the DeCordova’s lawn and is composed of 80 cylinders of various shapes and sizes.
On the right, Thatcher ponders John Buck’s bronze Dream World, which explores the imagination of our subconscious.
Song of the Broken Chains by Melvin Edwards is on view as a part of the artist’s Brighter Days exhibit through May 8, 2023. The six large scale sculptures elaborate on Edwards’s examination of race, labor, and the African Diaspora.
On the right, Robert Schelling’s Time at the Museum is a meditation on time and energy. At the entrance of the museum, pictured here on the left, is Nathan Mabry’s Heavy Handed (Red Piece), one work in a series that highlights the different cultural interpretations of hand gestures.
Christopher Frost’s bronze A Mile from Any Neighbor in Walden is playful a nod to Thoreau’s opening line of Walden.
Finally, Thatcher poses with Jim Dine’s Two Big Black Hearts, two nearly identical 3,200 lb bronze sculptures made of casts of everyday objects - tools, seashells, hands, etc.
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