Paul Bobrowitz sculptures

Colgate, Wisconsin, United States

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Spectacular Sculpture is a six-acre outdoor gallery of welded metal sculptures around the artist's home in the Holy Hill area of Colgate, Wisconsin, made by Paul Bobrowitz from salvaged farm and industrial scrap and open to the public daily, with a call-ahead request.

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A carpenter's yard in Washington County, Wisconsin, has become an outdoor gallery of welded metal sculptures that the public can walk through. Paul Bobrowitz's Spectacular Sculpture fills about six acres in the Holy Hill area, around 30 minutes northwest of Milwaukee, according to his own website and the SPACES Archives, which records folk art environments.

Bobrowitz started in the late 1980s, the Shepherd Express reported in 2023, when he wanted a hobby beyond building purely useful things and used his welding skills to make art. SPACES gives the start as the early 1990s and says he took up sculpture full-time in 1995. His first piece, Piano Man, was still in the yard in 2023, the Shepherd Express reported. He made it from the soundboard of a piano he found in a barn he was taking down.

The materials define the place. He began with old farm machinery, then moved to scrap from local fabricators, and SPACES notes that stainless steel, copper and glass let him make more fluid shapes. One of the best known works, The Collective, is a giant head made from salvaged propane tanks cut into small faces. The tallest, Female Plumbing, stands in the driveway at 29 feet, according to the Shepherd Express.

The name was an accident. A patron suggested he hold a "Sculpture Spectacula," and he misheard her. Accounts of its size vary: the Shepherd Express counted more than a thousand sculptures on nearly seven acres, TMJ4 said thousands, and SPACES and his site say six acres. Many works are for sale, and he takes commissions.

The artist's site invites visitors daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and asks that they call ahead to meet him. TMJ4 reported in 2024 that a chain across the driveway means it is closed, and that a winter weekend may bring a dozen visitors while summer brings hundreds. It is the artist's home as well as a gallery.

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Free to walk around, per TMJ4 in 2024. The artist's website says visitors are welcome 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and to call ahead to meet him. A chain across the driveway means it is closed. Many works are for sale.

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In the Holy Hill area of Colgate, about 30 minutes northwest of downtown Milwaukee, at the artist's home. It is open to the public daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. per the artist; a chain across the driveway means closed. The address is on his website.

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