Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

What is beyond “as far as they eye can see”? Hwy 16, Sparta, WI. Info from roadsideamerica.com:

Sparta, Wisconsin: 30-Foot-Tall Eyeball

Artist’s big sculpture based on his own veiny orb. The eye spent time in Chicago’s Pritzker Park until 2010, now outside F.A.S.T. in Sparta until it finds a welcoming socket.

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I took this wider shot so you could get a feel for the size of this sculpture.

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Sparta has it’s eye on you :)

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21 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

  1. It’s a rather intense and slightly frightening piece for a public artwork. I can image people being freaked out as they walk round the corner and come face to face with this!

    • Thank you! I have been meaning to stop at this business for a while to see what else they have in their yard – one of my friends calls it the “Big Boy graveyard”, referring to the large statues that used to sit outside the Big Boy restaurants…apparently this company is the one that manufactured them…

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    • Sparta, WI! It is a pretty cool place, with other large sculptures lying around. One of my friends calls it the “Big Boy graveyard” (referring to the old, huge statues that used to stand outside each ‘Big Boy restaurant’).

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