Laumeier Sculpture Park deer

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Deer (2015) is a monumental fawn by American artist Tony Tasset in the Laumeier Sculpture Park Collection, St. Louis. The park lists it as fiberglass, steel and paint, 12 by 20 by 8 feet.

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A monumental fawn, 12 by 20 by 8 feet, is listed in Laumeier Sculpture Park's collection, and the park's own deer are, by its account, a quiet audience for it.

Deer (2015) is by the American artist Tony Tasset, born in Cincinnati in 1960. The park lists it as fiberglass, steel and paint, in the Laumeier Sculpture Park Collection. Its page describes the work as a "nervous and pensive monumental fawn ready to make her move", set against the woodland so that the supersized animal dramatises the relationship between people, sculpture and nature. The park's page credits sixteen donors, among them The Foundation for Sunset Hills.

Tasset explains Deer, in the park's quotation, as "a work that represents the highest conceptual ambitions with a delightful populist twist." The park adds that the sculpture's size suggests how nature is out of balance in today's urban and suburban spaces, and that it is emblematic of Laumeier itself, since a deer population that is a "silent and near invisible audience" lives on the park's 105 acres.

The park's biography says Tasset's work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, among others.

The park asks visitors to walk, but not climb, on its sculptures. Laumeier says the park is free and open year-round, closing for special events, including the Thursday to Sunday of Art Fair weekend in May and the Saturday of Laumeier After Dark. Check the park's calendar for this year's dates.

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Outdoor sculpture in the Laumeier Sculpture Park Collection. The park says it is free and open to the public year-round, from 7 a.m. until 30 minutes past sunset, closing for special events. Check the park's calendar for this year's dates. Walk, but do not climb on the sculpture.

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Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri 63127. The park is closed to the public on the Thursday to Sunday of Art Fair weekend in May and on the Saturday of Laumeier After Dark.

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