Tree falls onto artwork it inspired

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A large tree fell in Lexington onto a sculpture being erected to honor it.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the big bur oak snapped during a storm Friday afternoon and a piece of it crashed onto part of the structure being erected at the Lexington Art League's Loudoun House.

Kansas artist Matt Burke and others who were setting up the art work were on a lunch break when it happened.

The piece - titled Nexus: Toward New Land Art - consists of pieces of wood woven into spheres and tubes. Burke said the old tree inspired his sculpture.

The artist said he might use some wood from the now- fallen tree as he revises his project, which now might take until October to finish.

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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com

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