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Artist | Jeremy Wolf |
Year | 2005 |
Type | bronze |
Dimensions | 150 cm× 97 cm× 97 cm(60 in× 38 in× 38 in) |
Location | Riverside Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
43°4′8.572″N87°53′17.781″W / 43.06904778°N 87.88827250°W | |
Owner | Urban Ecology Center |
Connect is a public art work by artist Jeremy Wolf. It is installed in Riverside Park on the east side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1]
Connect is an anthropomorphic bronze sculpture depicting a life-sized raccoon holding a fish with its two hands. One of its back feet is raised. While the animal's fur, tail and head closely mimic a raccoon's actual features, its feet, forearms and hands have a human quality. The base on which the raccoon sits is embossed with woodland imagery like trees, insects and a salamander.
Connect was selected by a committee assembled by the Urban Ecology Center. [2] Four artists—Susan Falkman, Peter Flanary, Richard Taylor and Jeremy Wolf—presented their concepts and fielded questions at an open meeting held at Riverside University High School in November 2003. [3]