Opened in 2007 by the Seattle Art Museum on a former industrial site on the shores of Elliott Bay, Olympic Sculpture Park is the city’s largest green space and is freely accessible to all visitors; it was designed to reflect Seattle’s natural surroundings. Views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains provide a breathtaking backdrop for the about 20 artworks in the sculpture park.
The park’s most striking work is “The Eagle” by Alexander Calder. The 12-meter-high sculpture made of red steel is reminiscent of a majestic bird soaring over Puget Sound and is visible from all sides. If you stand in the right place, the eagle perfectly frames the Space Needle. Other large sculptures by Richard Serra, Mark di Suvero, Jaume Plensa and Roxy Paine complete the magnificent setting.
Olympic Sculpture Park
“Two Plane Vertical Horizontal Variation III” von George Rickey
“Eagle” von Alexander Calder
“Eye Benches I” von Louise Bourgeois
“Eye Benches II” von Louise Bourgeois
“Eye Benches III” von Louise Bourgeois
“Bunyon’s Chess” von Mark di Suvero
“Split” von Roxy Paine
“Echo” von Jaume Plensa
“Father and Son” von Louise Bourgeois
“Sky Landscape I” von Louise Nevelson
“Wake” von Richard Serra
“Schubert Sonata” von Mark di Suvero
“Stinger” von Tony Smith
“Untitled” von Roy McMakin
“Perre’s Ventaglio III” von Beverly Pepper
“Curve” von Ellsworthy Kelly
“Wandering Rocks” von Tony Smith
“Mary’s Invitation – A Place to Regard Beauty” von Ginny Ruffner
“Love and Loss” von Roy McMakin