When Ecolab relocated hundreds of its workers to the 17-story Travelers building in downtown St. Paul, a large piece of public art disappeared from its perch on Wabasha Street.

“Above, Above,” created by famed minimalist artist Alexander Liberman in 1972, took a sojourn to an art studio in Hugo, where it has spent the past year getting paint touch-ups and a new cement base. Related Articles Marchers shut down I-94 through St. Paul to protest Breonna Taylor decision

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On Tuesday, St. Paul Parks and Recreation officials will officially welcome “Above, Above” and its steely red curves to its permanent new home — the city’s Western Sculpture Park at 387 Marion St., west of the Capitol.

The park has been curated by Public Art St. Paul since 1998, making Liberman’s contribution a 20th-anniversary gift of sorts. Speakers at the noon ceremony will include Public Art St. Paul President Colleen Sheehy along with representatives of the city, Ecolab and McGough Construction.

Liberman, a Russian emigre and former art director for Vogue, was hailed in his heyday as a minimalist artist whose red steel sculptures and geometric designs were a decade ahead of their time. His work has been featured in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and other acclaimed corners of the art world. He died in 1999 at the age of 87.