Petition updateJustice for Marilyn Monroe: A Call for Truth and AccountabilityMassive Marilyn Monroe sculpture coming to downtown Stamford, Connecticut
Ariel InvestigationsLas Cruces, NM, United States
May 17, 2018
STAMFORD — Marilyn Monroe will make her debut at Latham Park next month — all 26 feet of her. The Downtown Special Services District and sculptor Seward Johnson will debut “Forever Marilyn,” a 26-foot, 30,000-pound Marilyn Monroe sculpture, which will remain on display at Latham Park until summer’s end. The installation will begin the morning of June 4, when a crane will lift the massive work’s various parts high into the air — think legs, torso, skirt — before it is assembled downtown. “Forever Marilyn” is the largest work of 36 life-size, realistic sculptures from Seward Johnson’s “Celebrating the Familiar” that will be on display as part of UC Funds presents “Timeless - The Works of Seward Johnson” for the Summer of 2018. Installation of the life-size works begins May 30. “Stamford Downtown has a long standing commitment to outdoor art,” Sandy Goldstein, president of DSSD, said in a statement. “Outdoor sculpture creates a dynamic sense of place. And the iconic 26-foot sculpture of Marilyn will create the optimism and drama of a bygone era. We look forward to having many patrons visit the downtown to view this spectacular exhibit.”
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