As part of the Museum Campus, there is a lot of public art throughout the place. Like(for example) the Kelpies, the Man with Fish statue, the Kosciuscko statue, or the Copernicus statue to name a few. Most of these works of art are in the city as part of Chicago Sculpture International's Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Today's piece is no exception. Standing behind the Field Museum, Another Thought by Michael Brown is a Limestone sculpture that was erected in 2007.
Mike Brown is an artist from England who was born in 1942. Early on, he studied the trades, but then at the age of 13 he moved to Canada with his family, who after four years of living there, moved to the East Coast in 1959. He began his professional education by getting a degree in Art Ed from The State University College in Buffalo, NY. Six years later, he would receive his Masters in Sculpure from The Rhode Island School of Design. Upon receiving his diploma, Mr. Brown began teaching at Harper College in Palatine, a position that he recently retired from in order to pursue sculpting full-time.
Looking at some of his other works, I would have to say that one of his biggest patterns is the inclusion of multiple colored strips throughout an otherwise solid brick of limestone. Another curiosity is that on his website, Mr. Brown talks of a desire to have his art be something that people can approach and play with. However, on the plaque declaring the sculpture as part of CSI's OSE, it clearly says "Please do not climb or play on sculpture". It seems that they got their messages mixed up, don't you think?
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