An Outdoor Gallery

Dark Star Park (1984)

Nancy Holt
Gunite (sprayable mixture of cement and sand), stone masonry, asphalt, steel, water, earth, grass, winter creeper, crown vetch, willow oak
1655 N. Ft. Myer Drive, and the adjacent traffic island
Arlington's first major commisioned art project, Dark Star Park's large spheres are designed to resemble fallen, extinguished Stars. One section of the park contains spheres and poles with shadow-images inset in the ground. Each year on August 1, the day (in 1860) William Henry Ross acquired the land that became Rosslyn, the actual shadows align with the shadow-images at 9:32 am.

Cupid's Garden (1994)

Chris Gardner
Stainless steel, with brick, sedum, rose and moonbeam plants. Twenty-three polished steel arrows, measuring up to24 feet high and 75 feet long, and weighing over 4 tons.
The intersection of Wilson Bouldevard, Nash Street, and Oak Street
Sited on a triangular traffic island, this sculpture suggests the language of street signs, as well as the abstract qualities of movement and progress. The sculpture was dedicated, appropriately enough, on Valentine's Day in 1994.

The Family: David, Haggit, and Adoniyya (1992)

Boaz Vaadia
Bluestone, cut into thin layers, with threaded steel rods. Almost 7 feet high and weighing approximately 2 tons.
1300 N. 17th Street
Carved from a stone commonly used in sidewalks and curbs, this life-size sculpture humanizes a busy, urban plaza with depictions of three biblical figures: King David, his wife, and his daughter.

Anna and David (1986)

Miriam Schapiro
Aluminum and paint. Thirty-five feet high and 31 feet wide, weighing 1,200 pounds
1525 Wilson Boulevard
The first large-scale project by Schapiro, a leader of the women's movement during the 1960's and 1970's, this sculpture was based on her painting, Pas de Deux.

Liquid Pixels (2002)

Ned Kahn
Stainless steel disks, stainless steel pins, injection molded plastic backing panels. six 42 x 25 foot vertical panels mounted on the north and east sides of this building, to which 450,000 one-inch diameter brushed stainless steel disks, attached to stainless steel pins, have been affxed.
This work responds kinetically to the wind and light, mimicking the flow of air currents and light conditions across its surface. Named one of the top public art pojects in the nation by the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network in 2002. The artist was also awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003.

Scenes of Rosslyn (2000)

Y. David Chung
Mineral Paint on concrete panels
Rosslyn Metro Station, access from N. Ft. Myer Drive and N. Moore Street
An 88-foot long mural depicting an array of architectural and natural forms seen in the Rosslyn neighborhood.

Chicago Titan (1989-1991)

Ray Kaskey
Cast Bronze
1530 Wilson Boulevard, at the exterior front entrance
This sculpture torso is based on a larger piece the artist designed for the fountain of a winter garden in Chicago. (That building and this one share the same developer.) The muscular form brings to mind Carl Sandburg's image of Chicago as the "city of broad shoulders."