Maybe a collection of bird house condos for oversized birds?
But that's not correct. And, these structures surprised us as well on a visit to Salem, MA.
What are they?
Like many of Dougherty's works, it was built with saplings that were weaved and flexed into sculpture and it was commissioned by the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) also in Salem, MA. Over the past 30 years, Dougherty had created more than 250 pieces throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. Photos of his other environmental sculpture pieces can be seen on his aptly named website, stickwork.net.
If you're in New England anytime the rest of this year, you can see and explore these sculptures, FREE of charge. Just walk around in downtown Salem, MA at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Essex Street. Believe me, you won't miss them and they will remain there until the end of December 2016.
14 comments:
They are quite bewitching.
These "bird houses" are extraordinary... I can just hear my younger son asking where the giant birds are that built these! ;)
I don't care for this type of sculpture, sorry. Unappealing.
I adore his works.
I've never seen his work before. These are really interesting. At first I didn't think I liked them, but the more I looked at them, the more appealing they became.
very interesting and great talent to create these.. i like the first row of four...
I've seen his work a few times and to be honest they give me the shivers. I have visions of all sorts of creepy insects burrowing in the twigs.
They are absolutely beautiful! I wish I could make it there to see them.
What interesting sculptures! They do look like giant birds' nests.
I would have assumed they were artistic.
I can see kids playing in and out of them.
It's clear those took a lot of time to make! Neat.
So very interesting. This artist created one of his sculptures at our new botanical garden.
It is man made and looks artificial.
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