What happened to the love sculpture?
New York’s LOVE Statue Located on the corner of 55th and 6th Avenue is debatably Indiana’s most famous work: the LOVE statue (formally known as “love red blue.” This piece has been a hotspot for tourists and New Yorkers, alike.
The park, part of a trio of ’60s-era plazas encircling City Hall, has just reopened after a complex, two-year reconstruction aimed at stopping leaks into the city’s underground concourse network.
Kennedy Plaza, but famously as LOVE Park — showing its age, the eponymous statue ready for a required refurbishment, and the parking lot underneath it in desperate need of a new, leak-free roof, city officials closed the park in 2016 for an overhaul replete with a complete redesign.
Over the course of several decades, Indiana would go on to create over 50 editions of the sculpture for sites around the world, from New York City and Philadelphia to Singapore and Taipei.
Why is the O crooked in the LOVE statue?
Why is the O crooked in the Love statue?
Why was the love sculpture removed?
Who made the original Love sculpture?
1970
Love/Created
Installed in 1976, LOVE was briefly removed in 1978, but popular demand brought it back where it belongs. In conjunction with the renovation of John F. Kennedy Plaza, the sculpture was restored, repainted and reinstalled in its original location in 2018.
