Cementland It was an abandoned and run down former cement factory, but when sculptor Bob Cassilly (creator of the St. Louis City Museum) looked at the site, he saw something more. He saw an amusement park celebrating the history of cement production in St. Louis, filled with statues and sculptures and old machinery turned into fascinating attractions, and thats what he began to build in the space. The park would fit right in with his long history of whimsical, playful sculptures and projects, all hinging on the intersection between childhood nostalgia and subversive counterculture. Before long he had created a castle of sorts out of the old factory, with a courtyard of sculpted creations made of cement, rock, metal and antique machinery. Bridges spanned spillways and depressions where water would collect into pools to form moats and ponds. In short order, people caught notice, and couldnt wait to see what the project, still in its infancy, would eventually become. Unfortunately, in 2011, Cassilly tragically died when the bulldozer he was operating tipped off of an unstable ledge and rolled over. He died doing what he loved, but what he loved was far from finished.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 16:53:45 +0000
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