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2. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees

3. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees

4. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees

5. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees The self-portrait features repeatedly in Plensa´s work. In the sculptures that comprise Heart of Trees they are slightly over life size, with their arms and legs wrapped around a tree trunk

6. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees

7. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) "The Heart of Trees" consists of several seated self-portraits of the artist, cast in bronze, with his arms and legs wrapped around living trees. The artist's hope is that the trunks of the trees will eventually grow into the figures so each truly exists as one

8. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees Installation view at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2011)

9. Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees The physical act of embracing is often seen in the artist’s work and reflects his desire to connect with people and to reassert the importance of touch

10. “I specially covered or tattooed all these figures with names of composers. Seven notes so  seven portraits. Musicians also have a tremendous capacity to transform things into a very abstract material, into untouchable things like energy or the soul.” Jaume Plensa (Spanish, 1955) The Heart of Trees

11. French company New Wind has created a wind "turbine" in the shape of a tree. It's designed for parks, homes, businesses and other small-scale applications. The "leaves" harness wind energy even at low winds and don't make noise. We can't wait for these trees to be available commercially for use at homes worldwide Traffic Light Tree, London, UK

12. “Arbour Metallum” Tree Sculpture by Mark Reed (British sculptor, 1971) Pratt Institute Sculpture Park

13. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture

14. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture detail

15. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture

16. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture forged steel and stainless steel poolside shade

17. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture

18. Mark Reed (British, 1971) “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture

19. “Arbour Metallum” Tree sculpture by Mark Reed British sculptor, with lady on the swing at Christies out of the ordinary auction London

20. Mark Reed (British, 1971) Sidney's oak tree table – bronze and glass

21. The creator of the 87-ft “Tree of Utah” sculpture in Utah is Karl Momen (b. 1934), a Swedish architect, painter and sculptor. He was born in the city of Mashad, Iran

22. Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934) “The Tree of Utah” detail

23. The Tree was conceived as a salutation to “the God above the universe” referred to in the quotation from Shiller’s “Ode to Joy” which is inscribed on a plaque at the base of the sculpture. The Tree is also a Bauhaus-styled metaphor for the Tree of Life, with its blossoming fruit held heavenward and the piece-mold segments at its base (used to cast the spheres) representing the shells of the celestial fruit. Fittingly, 2019 is also the centennial of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany in 1819. Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934) “The Tree of Utah”

24. Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934) “The Tree of Utah” The tree's six spheres are all coated with natural rock and minerals found within the state of Utah, and the pods below symbolize the changing of the seasons, when trees naturally transform themselves

25. Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934) “The Tree of Utah” detail

27. The Tree of Utah, an 87-foot (27 m) sculpture by Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934), resembling a tree in the Bonneville Salt Flats off of Interstate 80

28. Apparently, while driving along the highway to California, Momen had a vision of a tree in the desert. He financed the project himself and built it from 1982 to 1986, afterwards donating the sculpture to the state of Utah

29. Karl Momen - Visitor From Likewise Planet 1983 Karl Momen (Swedish, 1934) “The Tree of Utah” detail

30. 'Railway Tree' sculpture, High Street, Stratford, Newham Borough, London Colorful design projected onto the exterior of a building at Martin Place as part of the Vivid Sydney festival

31. Subodh Gupta (Indian, 1964) Stainless steel tree

32. Subodh Gupta (Indian, 1964) Stainless steel tree Art exhibition in Paris

33. Javier Mariscal (Spanish, 1950) La Pineda. Sculpture on seafront, Tarragona, Catalonia

34. Javier Mariscal (Spanish, 1950) La Pineda. Sculpture on seafront

35. Javier Mariscal (Spanish, 1950) Large pine tree sculpture on the promenade of La Pineda

37. The Willow Tree Fountain Chatsworth House, England The Willow Tree Fountain is designed to look like a brass tree, and this “joke” tree, will actually soak passersby that stop to admire the beauty of the “tree”.

38. Indian designer and artist Vibhor Sogani has designed a modern stainless steel sculpture named “Kalpavriksha – the wish fulfilling tree”. The recently completed sculpture is the largest public art installation in the state of Gujarat and the second-largest in India.

39. Vibhor Sogani - Kalpavriksha – the wish fulfilling tree

40. Vibhor Sogani Kalpavriksha, the wish fulfilling tree The 35 foot (10m) high sculpture stands in the center of a large roundabout in an upcoming residential development, and is crafted from mirror-finished steel balls

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