Two-Story Tornado Commissioned and Presented by 21c Museum

LOUISVILLE, KY.- 21c Museum Hotel will unveil a monumental tornado constructed of thousands of silvered glass and gilt hand-carved wooden objects at 21c Museum on June 10. Broken eggs, flashlights, dolls’ heads, turkey basters, and batteries made of wood−as well as found objects made of glass−swirl together to form the massive funnel cloud of the installation, entitled Wheel of Fortune. Artist Anne Peabody, whose work was featured at the 2009 Venice Biennale, drew on her childhood memories of Louisville’s powerful 1974 tornado to conceive and realize the work. Wheel of Fortune − commissioned and presented by 21c Museum − will be on view free of charge at 21c Museum Hotel in conjunction with the 40th annual Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in Louisville this June, and will be on display through October, 2010. “Anne’s installation transforms 21c Museum Hotel into a space for

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