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Louisa
Louisa
Louisa
Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet

Louisa

Artist (USA, 1945 - 1988)
Date1987
MediumJord och gräs
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LineDonation 1987 from the artist and BPA
Object NumberMOMSK 127
About the artworkThomas Woodruff’s oeuvre consists mainly of subtle earth sculptures, most of them on Hawaii, where he grew up. Louisa is a grassy knoll, hardly noticeable if you’re not actually looking for it. Like a hidden treasure, it is available to all, but can only be experienced by those who know where to find it. It is a work in perpetual change. The hill is altered by the trampling of feet and the weight of snow in winter. The grass goes yellow and turns green again. Woodruff died in 1988, and Louisa was his last work.