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Bank
Park (2000)
Commissioned by the First National Bank, Columbia, Missouri
(owner, Mark Landrum)
Materials: steel-framed covered in
terrazzo, ceramic tile,
Venetian glass, cast-bronze elements, glass marbles.
The inspiration for the bank park came from a visit to Antoni
Gaudi’s Guell Park in Barcelona, Spain. The seven benches
are set instead in the middle of downtown Columbia, Missouri.
They depict a variety of typical Midwestern natural scenes.
Native wildflowers decorate both sides of the largest benches
(25’), which are set in the pocket park surrounding the
centerpiece sculpture of a hot air balloon by New York artist
Julia Balk. The pocket park is enclosed by a forged iron wheatgrass
fence constructed by David Thompson. The two large planter box
benches (15’) flag the entry to the bank and depict contrasting
scenes: one in daytime either spring or summer lush with water,
plant, and animal life; the other in the night, moon lit and
windblown. The three smallest benches ( 8’) depict a triptych
of a thunderstorm each with a prairie grass fire on its backside.
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