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That this appears to be a painting is a tribute to the skills of the artist with a little help from Magic Hour light.

It's a 25-foot-tall sculpture currently on display outdoors on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

 

God Bless America

Sculptor: J. Steward Johnson

 

The newest piece by sculptor Seward Johnson from the series Icons Revisited.

The 25-foot-tall couple taking center stage reimagines Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930), a popular painting in the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection.

 

"I had in mind something which I hope to convey to a fairly wide audience in America -- the picture of a country rich in the arts of peace; a homely lovable nation, infinitely worth any sacrifice necessary to its preservation."

 

- Grant Wood, in a statement accompanying his final painting

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