From Sun GoDs to Fallen Stars to Talking Trees , A History of the Inexplicable
By Beth Accomando , War ren ' 82
THE INSIDE STORIES ( clockwise from top left ) Kiki Smith ’ s initial drawing for Standing envisioned ribbons flowing from the statue ’ s arms ; the head ( ears and all ) was the last rock to be placed atop Tim Hawkinson ’ s Bear ; Jenny Holzer specified the font “ Government ” for the epigraphs on Green Table ; Stuart Collection founder , James Stuart DeSilva ; Terry Allen wrote a wonderfully eccentric letter along with his proposal for Trees ; before Niki De Saint Phalle ’ s Sun God flew to its perch , students called the base “ Gumby legs ”; the tileworkers who made Alexis Smith ’ s Snake Path also made themselves “ Team Snake ” T-shirts .
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