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Sentinels is a public artwork by American artist Jon Barlow Hudson, located at the bottom of the Brady Street pedestrian bridge over Lincoln Boulevard, which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Description
Sentinels was constructed in March of 2005 out of Wisconsin red granite. It consists of three monoliths with the tallest one being 15 feet high. Each monolith is features its own unique carved design. Hudson drew his inspiration for this sculpture from ts'ung tubes, which are Chinese jade ritual objects.

Historical information
Sentinels was commissioned by the Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture for a competition for the new Brady Street pedestrian bridge. It is a two part sculpture with the other part Compass (Hudson) placed at the top of the pedestrian bridge.

Artist
Jon Barlow Hudson is a sculptor who has worked all around the world. He usually works with stone and steel but has also worked with brass, copper, bronze, and more. He was born in Montana and then lived in Wyoming for the first five years of his life. Although he experimented with different art forms as a child, he didn't start getting into sculpture until college. After studying for two years at the Dayton Art Institute, Hudson switched to travelling for a year. He spend six months working in West Africa with his father and the other six working at the Kunst Akademey in Stuttgart, Germany. After a motorcycle accident Hudson returned to the states and worked as the assistant to sculptor Charles Ginnever. After a year with Ginnever he then went back to school and earned his Bachelor and Master of fine arts degrees at the California Institute of the Arts. Since then Hudson has created numerous sculptures all around the world.