Golden Age

Public Art Installation

Golden Age is an art installation by Anne Wallace. The work was inspired by the history of the land that once saw regular wildfires and herds of buffalo. The historic savannas were said to have grass as “high as a horse’s belly.”

The wheels, made from agriculture irrigation wheels, are positioned in a way to have the glittering sequins just visible at the tops of the native grasses in the restored Savanna. The flickering sequins catch the sunlight, creating the effect of what settlers would see when spotting a wildfire in the distance.

“For more than 100 years this land was a family dairy farm and cattle ranch. Before that it was part of an enormous prairie ecosystem shaped by two elemental forces: grass fires and the mass migration of buffalo… Golden Age creates a flickering effect that alludes to the natural phenomenon of wildfire.” ~ Anne Wallace, 2013

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8400 NW Military Hwy

San Antonio, TX 78230