Today’s mystery photo is something in disrepair. See if you can figure out what and where this used to be. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo proved difficult, as only three readers recognized it. It was the Lora Robins Sculpture Garden in Richmond, Va., sent in by George Graf of Palmyra, Va.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: “Today’s mystery photo contains two pieces of art that are located on the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Va. The strikingly beautiful ‘Red Reeds’, a collection of 100 red glass reeds by internationally renowned glassblower Dale Chihuly are in the foreground. These deep red reeds frame the mesmerizing ‘Chloe’ statue.
“The ‘Red Reeds’ exhibit consists of more than 100 red glass reeds that were part of the Chihuly at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition between October 2012 and February 2013, after which the museum purchased the exhibit and maintained it as a major attraction in its outdoor sculpture exhibits. In the background is the ‘Chloe’, a 24-foot steel statue by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Plensa’s artwork is generally modeled on real people and digitally processed, before being designed into materials that are adapted to the place where the sculpture is to be located. The sculptures can be seen from all angles, but by walking around them you experience a distorted perspective of the subject.”
The two others who nailed the photo are Jim Savadelis of Duluth and Fran Worrell of Lawrenceville. However, Lou Camerio of Lilburn found a similar scene in Indianapolis.
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