Eye Benches I, II and III, Public art installation at Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, United States.
Eye Benches I, II and III are three pairs of black Zimbabwe granite seating benches at Olympic Sculpture Park. Each pair is designed in abstract form to resemble large, open eyes.
Louise Bourgeois created these sculptural benches in 1996 and 1997, then donated them to the park in 2006. Since then, they have remained a permanent fixture of the park's art collection.
The title refers to the eye shape Bourgeois gave each pair: two granite blocks whose scooped hollows face one another, so the seat reads as an open eye. Visitors sit inside the sculpture rather than beside it, and the three sets are named Eye Benches I, II and III.
You can sit on these benches to rest and observe the park and other artworks nearby. They are easy to find and offer a good place to pause during a walk through the grounds.
Each of the three bench pairs has different sizes and shapes that offer varying viewpoints. Visitors discover new details depending on where they stand when looking at the sculptures.
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