Matinee Idol (front view)
- Title
- Matinee Idol (front view)
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Public sculpture Public art Metal sculpture Bronze sculpture sculpture (visual work) public sculpture bronze (metal)
- Creator
- Morandi, Thomas (Tom)
- Description
- An abstracted bronze sculpture with the base being a large 'x' with five red squares surrounding the right leg of the 'x'. Above that are more bronze shapes and plates with a yellow and purple object in the middle. It is as if this bronze sculpture is holding this yellow and purple object, maybe as a shield. Untitled; [no.] 2; front view Tom Morandi received his B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Ohio University in 1971.He has been a Professor of Art at Oregon State University since 1989. tmorandi@comcast.net; tmorandi@oregonstate.edu The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
- View
- front
- Location
- The Valley Library >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1995_osu_valley-library_43_a01
- Accession Number
- 1995_osu_valley-library_43_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Morandi, Thomas (Tom)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 19 x 14 x 11 inches
- Material
- Sculpture; bronze
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1995 - 1997 Biiennium Valley Library Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon 1995_osu_valley-library
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- To view a map of the artwork location in context to Oregon State University, see http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/locations.php
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- While it's apparent that I've employed the kind of banal imagery that defines the pedestrian notion of Western culture, it is, I hope, also evident that the work is saturated with whimsey and parody. It is aggressively frontal. The paper thin bronze shell appears to be cut or torn from a larger form. The gestural lines and geometric shapes that have been added emphasize the lack of volume and mass. This sculpture is a facade; a formal tribute to superficiality. And yet, sometime during the process of making this piece it asserted itself. It grew beyond the idea that engendered it. It has a presence that exceeds my intent. (Morandi, 1995)
