Inspired by Wausau’s logging and paper industry roots, sculptor Steven Siegel and a volunteer corps constructed a 10-foot-tall, 30-foot-long serpentine wall of more than 24,000 lbs. of stacked and staked paper in the sculpture garden. Siegel, driven to create beauty from the detritus that human beings leave in their wake, is interested in how his biodegradable structures change over time. Woodson Art Museum visitors observe how his site-specific sculpture, Let’s fan out, changes as it weathers.
Siegel’s work raises questions about the environmental impact of what humans produce, consume, and leave behind and what can be done with discarded materials. Siegel creates public art in natural and urban environments, generally using recycled materials, and is driven by a desire to create beauty from the detritus that human beings leave in their wake. The sculpture, supported by a wooden frame, comprises – literally – tons of staked paper assembled by Siegel and a corps of Museum volunteers in May 2011.
See the Repurposed Paper Project brochure to learn more here: http://bit.ly/2fDDcDJ