Mapframe: | yes |
Connect | |
Artist: | Jeremy Wolf |
Year: | 2005 |
Type: | bronze |
Height Imperial: | 60 |
Width Imperial: | 38 |
Length Imperial: | 38 |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Metric Unit: | cm |
City: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Museum: | Riverside Park |
Coordinates: | 43.069°N -87.8883°W |
Owner: | Urban Ecology Center |
Connect is a public art work by artist Jeremy Wolf. It is installed in Riverside Park on the east side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
Connect is an anthropomorphic bronze sculpture depicting a life-sized raccoon holding a fish with its two hands. One of its back feet is raised. While the animal's fur, tail and head closely mimic a raccoon's actual features, its feet, forearms and hands have a human quality. The base on which the raccoon sits is embossed with woodland imagery like trees, insects and a salamander.
Connect was selected by a committee assembled by the Urban Ecology Center.[2] Four artists—Susan Falkman, Peter Flanary, Richard Taylor and Jeremy Wolf—presented their concepts and fielded questions at an open meeting held at Riverside University High School in November 2003.[3]