Scottish sculptor Patricia Leighton has been creating landscape-based installations for over 25 years. Typically working with teams of landscape architects, engineers and ecologists, Leighton produces large-scale projects that respond not only to a specific geographic site but to its environmental factors and cultural history. Installation “Terra Verte,” currently on view in the museum’s Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden through May, consists of six elevated steel frameworks covered in delicate, living vegetation that act as “growing cubes,” subtlly changing in color and texture as each season passes. Inspired by the interaction of art and site, the cubes are staggered throughout the garden’s three tiers, demonstrating Leighton’s commitment toward the fusion of environment and public art. In her lecture, Leighton will discuss her experience designing “Terra Verte” and past installations.
5:30 p.m. · FREE! · www.georgiamuseum.org
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