February 27, 2010 — About a year and a half ago, I wrote about stumbling upon a strange work of art at Brown University in Rhode Island called
Square Roots. It was a building-sized series of hollow geometric shapes made out of thousands of dried and woven tree saplings. It had doors and windows, and one could walk right through it. At the time, I threw around words like
hobbit-like and
Ewokian. These days, I can throw around
Wild Things-like, and be a lot closer to the mark, even if that gives you images of Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in a pool. After researching the artist, Patrick Dougherty, I decided I'd try to check out some of his work on purpose.
Last year, I found two more of his fantastical creations,
Twisted Sisters, on the campus of Wheaton College in Norton, MA, and
So Inclined at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT.
Twisted Sisters was erected in September of 2008. Due to the temporary nature of these structures, there's a good chance neither one is still standing. And, at the very least, if that guess is not true now, it will be soon. However,
his website is a good source for pictures of his past works and for learning where new works are being installed.
Other OTIS visits to Patrick Dougherty sculptures:
