Love is all around
If all of you out there think that there is a limit to what we can say about the travel industry, think again. In this installment, we bring you to places to take good photos and convey your emotions in all the different countries in the world!
Do you remember the “LOVE” sculpture at Orchard Road, located just outside the Glass House which houses the Fish and Co. in Singapore? We are sure you do. But now, let us help you recap and find out how the sculpture design came about, the designer behind it and also, some of the locations in the world that the sculpture can be found. Indeed, this “LOVE” is a form of universal language where almost everyone in the world could relate to, and do you know that it also appears in different languages too? Read on to find out.
It all started way back in 1682, when the area that was gazetted to be called LOVE Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was made known. This LOVE sculpture in question is the centerpiece of the park, welcoming all the visitors and love birds to take a memorable image back to their home country.
However, it is the individual who designed the LOVE sculpture that became famous and was associated with the pop art movement. The person in question is no other than Robert Indiana. Frequent travelers all around the world would be able to spot the iconic sculpture at places listed below.
In America:
- Sixth Avenue in New York City
- E W Fairchild-Martindale Library, Lehigh University Asa Packer Campus
- Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, New York
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Scottsdale’s Civic Center
- John F. Kennedy Plaza “LOVE Park” in Philadelphia
- New Orleans Museum of Art’s sculpture garden
- Old School Square in Delray Beach, Florida
- Middlebury College campus, Vermont
- University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia
- Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Utah
- Ursinus College campus in Collegeville, Pennsylvania
- Pool area of the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas
- Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas
- City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, Maine
Outside of America:
- Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan (also displays Indiana’s 1-0)
- Shinjuku I-LAND Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku office district in Tokyo, Japan
- Orchard Road in Singapore
- Plaza del Sagrado Corazón in Bilbao, Basque Country Spain
- Outside 1445 West Georgia Street in Vancouver, Canada
- Praça do Rossio in Lisbon, Portugal
- CentralWorld in Bangkok, Thailand
- Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai,China
- Chatsworth in Derbyshire, UK, as part of the Sotheby’s Beyond Limits exhibition, 2008.
- Love Park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, since July 2009
Appearing mostly in the English language as “LOVE”, other languages to mean love have also been spotted. For instance, in Israel, the sculpture is sculpted in Hebrew – Ahava (אהבה). In addition, in Italy, it is greeting visitors proudly in the main language, displaying the word, Amor.
So what better way than to send a postcard to your loved ones back home with you in the picture of course, and to say “LOVE” across the miles! And so, we leave this article as a lovey-dovey affair, and hope it helps to make you feel loved, anywhere you are, this season.
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