Chesterfield, Missouri - Awakening Buried Giant Twin

Address:: 444 Chesterfield Center, Chesterfield, MO
Directions:: Chesterfield Mall. Clarkson Road and Highway 64 Exir 19B, across the street from the Wapango Restaurant.
Admission:: Free.
Hours:: Su-M closed, T-F 10am-5pm, Sa 10am-4pm (Call to verify)
Phone:: 636-519-1955

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Chesterfield, Missouri - Reach Party (or Johnson & Johnson & More Johnson)

Awakening Buried Giant Twin: A second casting of J. Seward Johnson’s undeniably eye-catching 4,100-pound struggling sculpture, "The Awakening," has been permanently installed in a grassy expanse in Chesterfield, Missouri. [10/23/2009] Complete Story...

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Chesterfield, Missouri - Awakening Buried Giant Twin

A new copy of "The Awakening," the giant half-buried along the Potomac near Washington DC, has been installed in Chesterfield, MO. I saw a report on the morning news. [Margery S., 10/20/2009]

[RA: It's a second casting of the 1980 sculpture by J. Seward Johnson, and he was there for the unveiling. Chesterfield Arts also hosted the traveling Johnson show of 22-figures, including his life-sized American Gothic spoof. What are they, in love with this guy?]

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November 21, 2009