"Utopia"
The enormous Garden Pavilion Welcome Center at Meijer Gardens was startling at first sight. This picture shows one half of the room. Each of the four walls had a large sculpture of a woman's face.
I soon realized that there was only one sculpture...the entire room. The Spanish sculptor, Jaume Plensa, titled it "Utopia". Each of the women's faces represented a different ethnicity, and were fashioned in a blissful, peaceful pose, Utopia.
The unusual ceiling provided three different portals of lighting, and each wall had a large window or doorway giving additional sources of lighting. This arrangement created different shadows on each face when viewed from a different angle.
In Explore March 2, 2026
"Utopia"
The enormous Garden Pavilion Welcome Center at Meijer Gardens was startling at first sight. This picture shows one half of the room. Each of the four walls had a large sculpture of a woman's face.
I soon realized that there was only one sculpture...the entire room. The Spanish sculptor, Jaume Plensa, titled it "Utopia". Each of the women's faces represented a different ethnicity, and were fashioned in a blissful, peaceful pose, Utopia.
The unusual ceiling provided three different portals of lighting, and each wall had a large window or doorway giving additional sources of lighting. This arrangement created different shadows on each face when viewed from a different angle.
In Explore March 2, 2026