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Wild welcome to Zoo Monumental sculpture by artist Albert Paley will greet visitors near south entrance.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 24-MAY-06 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Wild welcome to Zoo Monumental sculpture by artist Albert Paley will greet visitors near south entrance.(News)

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Byline: David Bonetti POST-DISPATCH VISUAL ARTS CRITIC

ST. LOUIS -- If you've never seen anything like it before, that's because there has never been anything quite like it until now. We're talking about "Animals Always," the spectacular sculpture that opens this weekend at the Hampton Avenue entrance to Forest Park.

The 100-ton sculpture, 36 feet high and 130 feet long, is being hailed by the St. Louis Zoo as the largest public zoo sculpture in the world and the largest sculpture in St. Louis, not counting Eero Saarinen's Arch.

It is composed of more than 1,300 elements and features more than 60 life-size animals, most of them endangered species. It is made of COR-TEN steel, which rusts into a rich, velvety patina that is sure to harmonize with the park's palette of greens and browns.

"'Animals Always' will offer a tremendous welcome to visitors of Forest Park," Zoo director Jeffrey Bonner said. "We've always wanted to do...

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