Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Sculpture garden in Salt Lake City, US
Gilgal is a sculpture garden in Salt Lake City that displays twelve sculptural arrangements and over seventy stones with carved texts. The works are spread across a landscaped area that borders residential buildings.
Thomas Battersby Child started building this artistic space in 1945 and worked on it until his death in 1963. Over nearly two decades, he systematically created all the works visible today.
The garden shows Thomas Child's personal interpretation of religious themes through stone carvings. The works speak in their own visual language that visitors can still discover today.
The area is easy to reach on foot and offers open spaces to explore at your own pace. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and take time at each stone to read the carved texts.
Child used an innovative cutting torch technique to work the stones and create smooth surfaces. This method was unconventional for sculpture and shows his experimental approach.
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