The USA's 10 Most Spectacular Outdoor Artworks
![Aerial view of Levitated Mass by artist Michael Heizer at LACMA museum, Los Angeles](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/20x11/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2bd9ghw-e1641981645563.webp)
From precariously balanced boulders to rows upon rows of laser cut metal human figures, outdoor artwork in the USA is as provocative and striking as any masterpiece in a fine art museum. For fans of art and nature alike, the following examples of outdoor artworks will undoubtedly change the way you think about your environment and what we consider to be ‘art’.
1. ‘Ball? Ball! Wall? Wall!’ by Donald Lipski | Laumeier Sculpture Park
Museum, Park
‘Blue Tree’ by Claude Cormier | Cornerstone Place
Canadian landscape artist Claude Cormier’s ‘Blue Tree’ installation was unfortunately removed in 2007 for safety reasons. However, its legacy lives on in its story. In 2004, this tree was infected with a disease and was due to be felled. Cormier gallantly stepped in and in lieu of instant death, gave the tree a three year sending off that involved a cherry picker and 75,000 blue Christmas ornaments. Wildly fantastical and reminiscent of a world fit only for Dr. Seuss, Cormier’s ‘Blue Tree’ will forever live on in photographs and the memories of those lucky enough to have seen it up close.
Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr., Sonoma, CA, USA, +1 707933 3010
2. ‘Eyes (nine elements)’ by Louise Bourgeois | Williams College Museum of Art
Museum
![Eyes Williams College Museum of Art Lawn- Seeing Double , artist Louise Bourgeois, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2ceya23.webp)
3. ‘Levitated Mass’ by Michael Heizer | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum, Park
‘Lullaby Garden’ by Andy Cao and Xavier Perror | Cornerstone Place
Cornerstone Gardens is renowned for showcasing cutting edge landscape design. Who better to exhibit therefore, than Andy Cao and Xavier Perror, a French-American duo who have been blurring the lines between art and landscape for years. Cao and Perror’s understanding of the way that the eye perceives a given environment enables aesthetical manipulations at once both delicate and dramatic. Inspiration is drawn from disparate and international sources. ‘Lullaby Garden’ was inspired by the 19th century Japanese artist, Hokusai. Hokusai is best known for his series of woodblock prints, Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831) and in the Lullaby Garden one can spot undulating of form and tranquillity of spirit.
Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Dr., CA, USA, +1 707933 3010
4. ‘Maelstrom’ by Roxy Payne | Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden
Museum, Park
5. Momo Taro by Isamu Noguchi | Storm King Art Centre
Museum, Park
![Isamu Noguchis granite sculpture, Momo Taro](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2d9gha1.webp)
6. ‘Nomade’ by Jaume Piensa’s | Greenwood Park and John and Mary Pappajohn SculpturePark
Park, Museum
7. ‘Urban Light’ by Chris Burden | Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens
Museum, Park
![Urban Light sculpture by Chris Burden at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2geb14w.webp)