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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventeen: Memories in Metal and Stone: How monuments, sculpture, and tombs express ideas. > A secret place, Scottsdale Civic Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
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09-MAY-2011

A secret place, Scottsdale Civic Center, Scottsdale, Arizona

The huge metal sculpture of “Love,” by Robert Indiana, naturally attracts children because of its interactivity. I return to this park often, and photograph children making it their own secret place. In this image, one child has wrapped herself within the letter “E,” while at the same moment a toddler is led away by its mother in the background.

View my additional images of this sculpture at: http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/23370264 , http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/23370265 , http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/124556248 ,
http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/134800705 , http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/134802625

Robert Indian's "Love" has appeared in many forms and languages. In 1973, it was featured on a US postage stamp. There are 17 versions of this sculpture in the US, and 17 others around the world. You see the list of locations at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Love_sculptures

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Phil Douglis23-May-2011 01:54
I am sure that LA has other metaphors for "Love," Iris. There is no "Hollywood" sign in Scottsdale. So we are even.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)22-May-2011 00:29
I noticed that there's no "Love" in Los Angeles.....this makes me sad.
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