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Sculpture in the subways? Is there a better place for it?

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| April 01, 1987 | Wolkomir, Richard | COPYRIGHT 1987 Smithsonian Institution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sculpture in the subways? Is there a better place for it?

When sculptor Mags Harries agreed to produce a workof art for a new Boston subway station, her initial idea was tree roots. They would be bronze, protruding from the station's subterranean walls. But the architects were unenthusiastic.

"The whole philosophy of subway stations, it turnsout, is to make them seem as un-underground as possible,' says Harries, in the intonations of her native Welsh coal-mining region, where going underground spooks no one.

She was flirting with the notion of turnstiles in the form of a flock of sheep when a blizzard struck Boston. As the snow slowly melted ...

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