Le Mont Rouge: Large Contemporary Sculpture Installed at the University of Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Red Butte Garden and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah presented the collaborative installation of a large-scale contemporary sculpture by award-winning artist, John Henry. Titled Le Mont Rouge (2004), the sculpture from the collection of the UMFA will be on loan for a period of five years to Red Butte Garden. It will be installed on Thursday, September 9, 2010 near Red Butte Canyon Road, offering community members the opportunity to interact with contemporary art in their own back yard. Large in scale, rectilinear in design, and painted in a bright crimson red fitting for its University of Utah setting, Le Mont Rouge effectively displays Henry’s trademark visual vocabulary. John Henry (American, b. 1943) is best known for his massive sculptures that create dynamic public spaces. The abstract geometric forms that have defined his work for more than forty years have aesthetic a

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