Fall/Winter 2010

The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone . . . the leg bone’s connected to the hip bone . . . Crawl all over a skeleton in Indianapolis at the recently opened, 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, located adjacent to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Funky Bones, a grouping of 20 fiberglass “bone” benches flung onto a swatch of grass within the park, forms the shape of an enormous, stylized human skeleton, topped in rakish fashion by a smiling skull.

The black and white skeleton sculpture is one of eight public art projects in the park — the largest museum contemporary art park in the United States — in a serene green space that was once a gravel pit. Bordered by the White River and comprising woodlands, wetlands, meadows and a 35-acre lake, the park is the only one of its kind to feature the ongoing commission of site-specific artworks.

Funky Bones was designed as part of the park’s mission to “present art projects, exhibitions and discussions designed to strengthen the public’s understanding of the unique, reciprocal relationships between contemporary art and the natural world.”

Kids, along with their parents and other adults — just see fun as they crawl over, rattle about and jump from bone to bone. Another fun thing to do:  fling yourself down onto the ground and stretch out your own funky bones to mirror the shape of the sculpture.
Keep in mind the art projects are temporary, so clatter on over to 100 Acres and enjoy Funky Bones while it’s still creaking about. Best of all, admission is free. 

- State - Indiana

- Type - Family Vacations

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