Crowds fell in love with Sifley Plza last year as “Mi Casa, Your Casa” transformed the High Museum of Art’s outdoor entry area into an interactive area to play and lounge. This year, the museum is bringing art back to the space with “Los Trompos” (“The Spinning Tops”), work designed specifically for the High. On view April 24 through Nov. 29, 2015, “Los Trompos” draws its inspiration from the form of a spinning top, a toy popular with children around the world. The project will feature more than 40 three-dimensional, larger-than-life tops in a variety of colors and shapes installed throughout the piazza. The colorful surfaces of each “top” will be created in part by fabric woven in a traditional Mexican style. By working together, visitors will be able to spin the tops on their bases as they interact with the structures. “Only through this interaction and collaboration will the work come to life and be complete,” said Cadena. “We have been delighted by the response to this initiative, and we are very grateful to the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation for their support to continue this important work,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. director of the High. “Artistic [...]![]()
