Morton Arboretum Presents HUMAN + NATURE — Preview

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WHEN:

Thru May, 2022

WHERE:

Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, Illinois 60532 

TICKETS:

Free

Reserve tickets at the Morton Arboretum website.

Human Nature  — five large-scale sculptures  — is the first major U.S. exhibition by South African artist Daniel Popper and his largest to date anywhere in the world. The five 15- to 26-foot-tall sculptures created exclusively for the Arboretum will remain in their various locations across the 1,700-acre Arboretum for at least one year. Made of glass-reinforced concrete, wood, fiberglass, and steel, each sculpture weighs several metric tons.

A spokesperson for The Morton Arboretum details that the exhibition includes:

“Hallow, a 26-foot tall figure that welcomes Arboretum guests along Meadow Lake near the Visitor Center. (East Side);

UMI, a 20.5-foot tall majestic maternal figure surrounded by magnolia trees. (East Side);

Sentient, an 18-foot tall figure featuring diverse human facial traits interwoven with root structures that border the Japan Collection along the Loop 1 Trail. (East Side);

Heartwood, a 15.5-foot tall bisected face in the Europe Collection that evokes the interconnectedness of humans and trees. (West Side); And Basilica, 37-foot long open hands that reach out to guests from mature oak trees in Daffodil Glade. (West Side)

Daniel Popper is a multidisciplinary artist from Cape Town, South Africa who has created many global larger-than-life sculptures and public art installations including the memorial sculpture for the Nelson Mandela School of Science and Technology in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and sculptures for popular events such as the Boom Festival in Portugal and Rainbow Serpent Festival in Australia. 

Popper says, “Each sculpture has a story behind it, but I like to leave the questions about each piece a little bit open, so people can come and bring their own ideas to it.  I want people to come here and ask questions of themselves about their relationship with nature…We need to really acknowledge the importance of trees and what they give the planet, and how much more we can give to trees.” 

For more information, visit The Mortan Arboretum website.

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