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River Goddess, (sculpture). Artist:  Bacig, Karen Sontag, sculptor. Title:  River Goddess, (sculpture). Other Titles:  West River Road Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed Summer 1988. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1988. 1988-1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  River Goddess and boulders: limestone and sandstone; Fossils: cephalopods and other prevertibrates; River: sand and gravel in resin. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Environmental sculpture consisting of a series of boulders and fossil-like images along a meandering path. The path represents the Mississippi River. The central figure is the River Goddess, the left structure is a boulder with fossils and the right structure is the St. Anthony Falls. The sculpture symbolizes the evolution of the river. Subject:  Abstract Mythology -- Classical -- Goddess Allegory -- Place -- Minnesota Landscape -- River -- Mississippi River Landscape -- Waterfall -- St. Anthony Falls Animal -- Other -- Skeleton Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 400 South 4th, Suite 200, Grain Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Located 2nd Avenue North at West River Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota Remarks:  This sculpture won a design competition held by the Minneapolis Arts Commission called Public Art Possibilities. The artist was inspired when she happened upon the excavation of the boulders during construction of the West River Parkway. Consulting with a geologist and a paleontologist, she determined that the limestone was 450 million years old and the sandstone was 1 billion years old. The fossils were identified as a cephalopod, an octopus-like creature. IAS files include the text of a nearby commemorative plaque which explains the background of the sculpture, the individual dimensions of the pieces, a survey form from the Commission which lists the project's donors, and a related article from the Skyway News (Minnesota), Sept.22, 1988. For related reading see the Public Art Possibilities Catalog from the Minneapolis Arts Commission. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MN000157   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000157 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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