Thursday, July 23, 2026

Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Garden - II

 Some more statues from the PepsiCo grounds.


Our guide was especially impressed by Isamu Noguchi's Energy Void.  It is constructed from Swedish granite, with very fine chisel marks.  


During the 1960s, Henry Moore produced a series of increasingly abstract and monumental sculptures. Works from this period include multi-part sculptures with forms that repeat or interlock, and so-called ‘knife edge’ works that incorporate thin, flat forms with sharp edges.   In Double Oval, Moore combines and develops both of these interests.  


Ásmundur Sveinsson was an Icelandic sculptor whose 1977 scuplture Through the Sound Barrier stands beside a pathway on the Pepsico grounds.

Robert Davidson's Haida Totems, installed at PepsiCo in 1986, are the last works added to the PepsiCo sculpture garden.  The Haida people are Northwest Coast Indians, of which Mr. Davidson is a full-blooded member.  The three totems, which Mr. Davidson described as ''legend totem poles,'' have as a common element the Killer Whale, Chief of the Underworld.

2 comments:

RedPat said...

What a fabulous place, Jack.

Taken For Granted said...

Jack, the PepsiCo sculptor garden is an impressive collection. Any art museum would be proud to have any of these pieces.