Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham

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**In the Power House (2018)**
Sandie Maxa

— I was struck by the history of this place and what it meant to Birmingham.

— And by its size, weight, geometry and grace.

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Being at Sloss Furnaces reminded me of walking through Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA. The museum, a complex of 19th century mill buildings now dedicated to art, claims the site traces “the arc of industrialization and post-industrialization of New England, and indeed the world.”

Similarly, Sloss is industrial and aesthetic … yet humble in its ordinary beauty.

**Anselm Kiefer at Mass MoCA (2017)**
Sandie Maxa

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**Near the Pyrometer House**
Sandie Maxa

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Sloss Furnaces, once the largest manufacturer of pig iron in the world, operated between 1882 and 1971. Today they sell very small iron peanuts.

**Souvenir iron peanut (2018)**
Sandie Maxa