Preserved
- Title
- Preserved
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Installations (Art) Bronze Glass sculpture sculpture (visual work) found object sculpture bronze (metal) blown glass
- Creator
- Lofquist, Janet
- Description
- This view presents context for the installation, Preserved, which consists of hand-blown glass vessels containing piles of dried cherries and ornate stoppers staggered against a series of three shelves that showcase gnarled branches. Janet Lofquist; 1999; Preserved; Photo Credit: Brian Foulkes The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
- View
- indoor artwork
- Location
- Food Innovation Center, Oregon State University >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1207 N. W. Naito Parkway, Portland, Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1998_osu_food-inno-ctr_01_a01
- Accession Number
- 1998_osu_food-inno-ctr_01_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Lofquist, Janet
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Sculpture handblown glass; silicon bronze; cast bronze; dried cherries
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1998 Oregon State University Food Innovation Center 1998_osu_food-inno-ctr
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- For the Food Innovation Center I have installed two public art projects; an interior installation on the west lobby wall and an outdoor piece on the north corner of the plaza. Both of these pieces contain sculptural elements that not only refer to the context of the facility but also reflect the Oregon landscape. They not only compliment each other but also respond to the architecture of the Food Innovation building. ""Valley"" installed on the plaza alludes to the topography of the area's landscape; referring to valley (and water), mountain, forest and orchard. The focal point of this sculptural work is a large vessel form ( a hybrid bowl/funnel), symbolizing the productive valley region. The flow of water down the ""sides of the valley slope"" is accentuated during periods of rain, gently distributed at the basin's smaller opening. Constructed out of stainless steel, the clean and precise form is elevated by boulders of locally quarried Camas Basalt. Symbolizing the treed regions of the state, a pairing of diagonal elements rest against the side of the ""bowl"". The more calligraphic line is a singular branch from a cherry tree that has been cast in bronze. The second linear element, turned out of redwood, is more uniform; with it's tapered dimension suggestive of the forest's more vertical growth. The outdoor piece not only symbolizes the surrounding landscape, but more obviously suggests food processing activities.
