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 below. 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
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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_a02
Accession Number: 1989_wosc_dorm_14_a02
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)