One such group is Westchester Public Art of New Rochelle, which places outdoor sculptures throughout the county.

The building was overhauled by the project of architects Sadikh Dadashov and Mikayil Huseynov, were placed sculptures in the façade and reconstructed two floors.

Karen McCoy placed sculptures that are both conical and comical at intervals outside the gallery leading to a creek.

By placing sculptures and decorative arts in the same area as paintings, they underline how different art forms were flourishing simultaneously.

It was customary to place paintings or sculptures of various saints in niches of walls hoping that they would protect the building.

That explains why any attempt to place Minimalist sculptures in the landscape or in urban sites reduces them invariably to homeless objects.

The project to place sculptures in the forest was started by the Grizedale Society in 1977 and won the 1990 Prudential Award for the Arts.

"Viersen blüht" (Viersen is blooming) is a voluntary initiative which places arrangements and sculptures of flowers all over the city's pedestrian zone.

Save for what appeared to be several large, metal sculptures placed around the room, there were no other decorations.

She says Mr. Stern has also quietly placed schmaltzy sculptures "from mail-order catalogues of cutesy squirrels and bunnies" in many parks.