Detail of aluminum rods

Title: Detail of aluminum rods
LC Subject: Granite Stone-cutters Marble Marble sculpture Inscriptions Public sculpture Benches Quotations sculpture (visual work) public sculpture granite (rock) marble (rock) site-specific works
Creator: Kirkland, Larry, 1950-
Description: Aluminum rods of varying length, hung in varying distances from the ceiling. L. Kirkland 1988; Oregon St. Univ.; Engineering College; Maxwell's EQ The symbols scattered around the atrium form a kind of puzzle which reflects the scientist's focus on the ingredients of a solution, rather than the final solution. Hanging aluminum rods represent a sound wave, as on an oscilloscope. A steel X sculpture outdoors represents a vector field. The stone pieces indoors represent the symbols E, D, B, H, Delta, a point and an equal sign. Some of the sandblasted quotes are whimsical, as in Samuel Butler's "A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg." Kirkland's favorite is from a T. S. Eliot poem: "Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?" Kirkland said he is pleased with his effort in stone and the way it relates to the people who will see it. "I think that a public commission needs to be responsive to the people, to a specific audience." (1988) 5721 Utah Avenue NW, Washington DC studio@larrykirkland.com 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: detail, aluminum rods
Location: Kelley Engineering Center, Oregon State University >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1148 Kelley Engineering Center, Corvallis Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1988_osu_elec-comp-eng_04_a22
Accession Number: 1988_osu_elec-comp-eng_04_a22
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Kirkland, Larry
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Material: Sculpture; Metalwork benches, symbols with inscriptions; marble and granite
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1988 Oregon State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Building 1988_osu_elec-comp-eng
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
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Color Space: RGB