Installation continues this week on a nearly 60-foot tall stainless steel tree in the sculpture park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Artist Roxy Paine's work entitled Ferment, was commissioned in honor of Martin Friedman.
By Laura Spencer
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Kansas City, Mo. – Installation continues this week on a nearly 60-foot tall stainless steel tree in the sculpture park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Artist Roxy Paine's work entitled Ferment, was commissioned in honor of Martin Friedman, former Walker Art Center director and retired sculpture park consultant for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. KCUR's Laura Spencer caught up with Friedman by phone at his home in New York.
April 29, 2011: 10 am dedication of Ferment. The museum also opens a free exhibit of Paine's work in the Bloch Building lobby.
View the installation webcam here.
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