Sculpture: Presences in the Park

In the opinion of Samuel Adams Green, 26, director of Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art, the trouble with most city park officials is that "they don't know a damn thing about contemporary art. They go around buying safe, conservative Moores, Baskins and Calders. They don't realize there are plenty of lively new people working in outdoor materials and outdoor scales." In the interest of public enlightenment, Green has now set up a month-long outdoor show of 15 gigantic sculptures by ten relative unknowns in Philadelphia's public parks and plazas. Four were done by Tony Smith, 54, a New Jersey...