Geri — sculpture in Waco, Texas
A stop on the Waco Sculpture Zoo trail

23Geri

“Geri” by Robbie Barber (b. 1964), 2019 · stainless steel pipe

Eighteen feet of giraffe drawn in steel pipe, reaching for the leaves.

Longfellow bends down. Geri does the exact opposite — she goes straight up, eighteen feet of her, neck stretched and tongue out for the live oak leaves just above her head. She has been almost reaching them for years. What makes her wonderful is that she isn't solid: she's drawn rather than carved, bent out of stainless steel pipe, so the whole park shows through her. Walk a slow circle and she assembles and comes apart again — a giraffe from here, a tangle of silver lines three steps to the left, a giraffe once more. She is the only animal on this trail you can see the sky through.

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More views

Geri — Eighteen feet, reaching for the oak leaves
Eighteen feet, reaching for the oak leaves
Geri — From the road, with the savanna behind her
From the road, with the savanna behind her
Geri — Look up through her — the sky comes right through
Look up through her — the sky comes right through

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