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Chattanooga sculptor John Henry is known worldwide for his large-scale public works of art.

His works grace numerous important museum, corporate, public and private collections as well as the collections of many American cities and states. His works are also prominently exhibited in the public collections of various European and Asian municipalities.

He’s currently working on his “Peninsula Project,” where he installs an exhibition of sculpture in seven cities around the Florida peninsula.

One of John Henry’s monumental works is installed at a public site in each city, incorporating itself into the Florida landscape, and interacting with the community on a daily basis. Accompanying each monument is an exhibit at a local art museum. The unique exhibits allow deeper connections to be made between the viewer, the cities, the sculpture and the artist.

You will soon find his works in Boca Raton, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, and Tampa.

“Big Max” is the name of John Henry’s sculpture for Tampa, and is already installed downtown at MacDill Park (map) on the Riverwalk.  The sculpture is huge, and was just set down in the park, leading some to call Big Max “plop art.”

George took some great photos of Big Max at MacDill Park for his Brass Bowl blog.

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