This SC county suddenly got a 12-foot-tall, 3K-pound bronze Pegasus sculpture. Here’s why
South Carolina is known for its love of college football, BBQ and pimento cheese.
A winged Pegasus from Greek mythology? Not so much.
And yet, a large sculpture of one recently landed in the downtown area of Anderson County — and without much warning.
According to an Oct. 31 post on the Anderson County website, the county was approached by local community group To Better Anderson (TBA), with a need to place its latest project, a Millennium Pegasus. The sculpture arrived the same day as the announcement and was placed in green space directly behind the courthouse in downtown Anderson.
Artist Sandy Scott of Lander, Wyoming sculpted the Pegasus, which was previously on display in Denver, Colorado. The bronze sculpture is 12 feet tall, has a 14.5-foot wingspan and weighs roughly 3,000 pounds.
The sculpture relocation is the seventh project of the TBA group, which was launched by the Foothills Community Foundation.
The Pegasus project was paid for by the TBA with private funds, the Foothills Community Foundation website states. The TBA began in 2006 as a way to fund projects for downtown beautification.
The installation of the sculpture is temporary. Plans are to relocate the Pegasus to a permanent site in two to three years, officials say.
The sculptor, Scott, has strong ties to South Carolina and has been a frequent visitor and a life trustee of Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, which exhibits the largest collection of American figurative sculpture in the world.
The “Peace Fountain” by Scott is installed next to the J. Ross Anderson Building on the campus of Anderson University.
