When in New York City a couple weeks ago, my friend Tiffaney and I posed for a photo at this Love sculpture, not really knowing anything about it. This week I was in Indianapolis and saw several gift-sized renderings of the sculpture in a store and asked about it. Got an interesting story (and you have a nice version below via wikipedia). Now I have to watch (or read, but okay, probably watch) the Love Story.
Love is a sculpture by American artist Robert Indiana. The image was originally designed as a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964, and first exhibited as a sculpture in New York City in 1970. This original sculpture has been on exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art since 1975. The LOVE design has been reproduced in a variety of formats. Likewise, the sculpture has been recreated in multiple versions and a variety of colors, and is now on display around the world.
The image has been rendered and parodied countless times. The original book cover for Erich Segal's novel Love Story alluded to the design, and the TV series Bridget Loves Bernie included a shot of the Sixth Avenue sculpture in its opening credits. The United States Post Office issued an eight-cent stamp in 1973 featuring the image. Parodies of the image appeared on covers of records by Rage Against the Machine ( ), Oasis (Little by Little single) and Acen (75 Minutes).
Versions of Love in the US:
• Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Museum of Art
• New York City - Sixth Avenue (where I saw it)
• Lehigh University Asa Packer Campus
• Brooklyn, New York - Pratt Institute campus
• Scottsdale, AZ
• Philadelphia
• New Orleans Museum of Art's sculpture garden
• City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Delray Beach, Florida
• Middlebury College campus, Vermont
• University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia
• Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Utah
• Collegeville, Pennsylvania
• Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas
• Wichita, Kansas
• Rockland, Maine
Versions of Love abroad:
• Tokyo, Japan
• Taipei, Taiwan
• Singapore
• Bilbao, Basque Country Spain
• Vancouver, Canada
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Shanghai, China
• Hong Kong, China
• Derbyshire, UK
• Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Montreal, Canada
• Istanbul, Turkey
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