Love and the City

From the Sculpture in the City 2013 series. Eight sculptures in the city, close to the Gherkin.
The website is here.


LOVE
ROBERT INDIANA (B.1928- )

Indiana created his first LOVE sculpture in 1966 in carved aluminium,
which was displayed in his celebrated LOVE show at the Stable Gallery
in New York. Soon thereafter, Indiana's distinctive combination
of word and image permiated the wider popular culture, and became
a symbol of the new 'Love generation'. Indiana has emphasised
that his primary interest in the subject of love has been spiritual,
although his iconic renditions of the subject have been taken to signify
a vast range of meanings.

Today, examples of his monumental LOVE sculpture can be found
in cities throughout the world. One of the preeminent figures
in American Art since the 1960s, Indiana has created a highly original
body of work that explores American identity, personal history
and the power of abstraction and language.

1966-1999  
RED FACES BLUES SIDES
POLYCHROME ALUMINIUM  
www.robertindiana.com