Over many decades people have been making creative designs. Whether they be sculptures, drawings, paintings, sketches, photos, ceramics, glassworks, textiles, or prints does not matter because all of these are considered art and the people that made them artists. The following artworks are those that are kept in the New Central Library in Memphis, Tennessee. They have been put there for students and citizens alike, young or old to enjoy and gaze upon with wonder. .
The concrete sculpture of a frog by Sherri Warner Hunter, located in the courtyard of the library, is in a way linked to the colored glass house by Nancy Cheairs that is located in the children's area of the library. The glass house is stunning to look at. Each glass square is colored with primary and tertiary colors, each with a different hue. The scale of the frog is huge compared to a normal life sized frog. If you cut it in half from the face down, it would be perfectly symmetrical. The frog is represented in a naturalistic way with hues of green scattered all over it. Both of these works of art have a wonderful use of different hues and warm colors to make the viewer feel calm and at ease. Children viewing either one of these would love to stare at them or touch them. The size of the glass house in height is exactly the same as a real life one-story house. Both of these wonderful art pieces are located in the children's area to be viewed and enjoyed by children of all ages. .
Many people created the New Central Library. From corporate donors giving millions all the way to schoolchildren giving dimes and nickels. The artist John Salvest honored these people from all over Memphis by creating this wondrous piece of art. His way of saying "thank you" is sitting in the middle of the library's lobby rotunda for all visitors to see. This sculpture is a huge stack of books made out of bronze. This piece of art is an excellent example of iconography with the names of major contributors immortalized forever in Salvest's work.
