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These pieces
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made with Utah photographer James Kirkland Sr.
The Gilgal Sculpture Garden is a small public city park, located at 749 East 500 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The park, which is filled with unusual symbolic statuary associated with Mormonism, notably to the Sphinx with Joseph Smith's head, was a labor of love designed and created by LDS businessman Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. (1888-1963) in his spare time. The park contains 12 original sculptures and over 70 stones engraved with scriptures, poems and literary texts. Gilgal Sculpture Garden is the only designated "visionary art environment" in the state of Utah. "Lisa Brady, proprietress of the Beehive Tearoom, suggested I do a series on Gigal Gardens. I ask James Kirkland Sr. to do the photography for me. He also helped me with the woodwork. These pieces were featured at the Beehive Tearoom for several years. I adore the Gilgal Gardens, it's uniquely local."– Bob Moss |
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