A gift from the artist, Yvonne Domenge and Chicago’s Millennium Park, these three sculptures are intended to be viewed together as a group and were originally components of Interconnected, a major outdoor solo exhibition during 2010-2012 at Millennium Park in Chicago. In 2012, the artist, Yvonne Domenge, assisted by curators and directors of Millennium Park, donated each of the six public artworks to competing cities across the United States.
The tree of life is a symbol of the connection between the underworld, the sky, and the terrestrial world in pre-Columbian cultures. The tree symbolizes life’s energy, and the seeds scattered beneath represent the beauty and fragility of new life.