Diamond

Title
Diamond
LC Subject
Plastics Aluminum Light emitting diodes Light art Light in art mixed media
Creator
Teneau, Peter V.
Description
Metal and lights combined in linear, geometric intersections that hang from the ceiling. This view is from a parallel perspective. Diamond; Peter Teneau; acrylic-LED; WOSC Heritage Hall Peter V. Teneau was born in 1929 in New Rochelle, New York, US. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location
Western Oregon University >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Polk County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth Oregon
Award Date
1990
Identifier
1989_wosc_dorm_14_a01
Accession Number
1989_wosc_dorm_14_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Teneau, Peter V.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
15H x 7W feet
Material
Mixed media acrylic plastic, anodized aluminum & LED light
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1989 Western Oregon State College dormitory (I-Z) 1989_wosc_dorm
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
This artwork was awarded in 1989 to Western Oregon State College (WOSC). WOSC became Western Oregon University in 1997. For a map of the campus, see http://www.wou.edu/wou/maps/ third and fourth floor well
Color Space
RGB
Biographical Information
Diamond is my first light sculpture employing LEDs. It would not have been possible before recent release of a new generation of LEDs. The Combination of these new, efficient LEDs and the high optical clarity of acrylic plastic (as a light conductor) created a special opportunity for producing a 3-D line drawing in space. In this piece I also tried to achieve a tight integration of artwork with the particualr features of the space. This involved considerations of geometry, scale and properties of transparency and reflectiveness as attributes of clear acrylic. (Teneau, 1989)