Tree Of Utah

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The Tree of Utah is an artwork standing near the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in the salt flats of western Utah. While driving along Interstate 80, you can see the thing miles in advance. More about it here: www.utah.com/amusement/metaphor_tree.htm . www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2230

It was designed by the Swedish artist Karl Momen. The tree's six spheres are coated with rock and minerals found within the state of Utah, and the pods on the ground symbolize the changing of the seasons, when trees naturally transform themselves.

It has been said that Momen was moved to create the 87-foot-tall tree by the "vastness and relative emptiness" of the Bonneville Salt Flats, and that the tree "brings space, nature, myth and technology together." The "tree" belongs to the State of Utah.

The Iranian-born Momen, who painted portraits of Stalin and the Shah of Iran early in his career, later studied with the surrealist painter Max Ernst, and studied architecture at the Kunst Academy in Stuttgart, Germany.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor:_The_Tree_of_Utah
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Coordinates:   40°44'0"N   113°33'4"W

Comments

  • Good one Dave. It takes Guts to stop in that Freeway.
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