The Shoe

Aarne Jämsä (b. 1956, Jokioinen) developed the idea for The Shoe together with students of the Toivola School. According to the artist, the purpose was to create a work of art that would have no practical function but would be luxurious and beautiful. Installed next to a pool, the sculpture was originally intended as a fountain, with the laces of the lone shoe rising up in streams of water. Two fa ...