Pareidolia People: Sculptural Installation On Park Lane

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Jul 2 2018 - Jul 15 2019

The six steel structures explore the relationship between people and their environment. The metal ‘people’ are a family of individuals that are shaped by city objects and nature. The public art exhibition on Park Lane in downtown Kirkland is expected to inspire visitors to reflect on their place in urban dwellings as well as their relationship to each other while navigating the city.

Ed McCarthy shares his artistic insight on the commissioned artwork, “The six ‘city people’ are all related by scale, color, material and a common vocabulary of shapes. The sculptures I built are based on objects in the city. Sometimes I can look at individual buildings, mail boxes, light poles, and other urban objects such as bridge piers and see people. Sometimes distorted, sometimes deconstructed, these perceived figures can surface from inanimate objects. This tendency to see patterns in random visual stimuli is more generally known as pareidolia. This body of work explores this phenomenon, albeit with an added touch of bright industrial coatings.”

Location: Park Lane in downtown Kirkland

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

  • Sculpture
  • American
  • Contemporary
  • Ed McCarthy

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