Large Arch plaza is designed for use by the public. In 2013-14, the plaza underwent repairs but "Large Arch" is still on view. Similar bronze arches by Henry Moore are on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. A similar arch by Moore made from travertine is also on display in Kensington Gardens in London, England. "Large Arch" was approved by the Bartholomew County Library board and paid for by Xenia and J. Irwin Miller at the suggestion of I.M.
Alma Allen (artist) Alma Allen (artist) Alma Allen (born 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American sculptor who lives and works in Joshua Tree, California. Carved from foraged wood and stone or cast in bronze, Allen's sculptures range in scale from thimble-sized fetishes to half ton pseudo-figures. Though made of the densest materials, the highly polished works appear to be in states of silent, inchoate movement. The "New York Times" described the shapes as "sensuous biomorphic forms," and 2014 Whitney Biennial co-curator Michelle Grabner located the oeurve as "an offspring of Brancusi and early 20th century abstraction." Grabner selected three of