Documented artwork / sculptural water feature and park installation
Wonder Wander
Credit as documented: Larry Kirkland
Larry Kirkland's Wonder Wander integrates two carved granite monoliths with water and engraved benches in Arlington's Center Park at Potomac Yard. Eyes on the stones face upward; changing water flow alters how their carved surfaces appear. Arlington County records installation in 2010 and names Meridian as funder. The artist describes working with LSG Landscape Architecture as the park design evolved. Seven red-granite benches extend the work into the surrounding landscape. The county distinguishes a later nearby commission, Fragments of Sky, from this installation.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- Installed 2010 (Arlington County); creation date not established
- Materials
- carved and engraved granite, water
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Artist: black-granite water feature 12 × 23 × 4.5 feet; seven imperial-red-granite benches, listed as 20 × 1.5 feet.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published dimensions for this documented work; component scope and disagreements are retained. Not an installation or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
Installed 2010, according to Arlington County
Center Park at Potomac Yard, 3600 South Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia
- Site
- Center Park at Potomac Yard
- City
- Arlington
- State / region
- VA
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Address
- 3600 S. Glebe Road
- Start year
- 2010
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The artist describes the eye shape recurring in the entry benches, while interlacing paths define separate planting and paving areas within the collaboratively designed park.
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Sources
- larrykirkland.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.arlingtonva.us ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.arlingtonva.us ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17