Passage way - Ready for a Journey
- Title
- Passage way - Ready for a Journey
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Steel sculpture Metal sculpture Outdoor sculpture Stainless steel stainless steel outdoor sculpture sculpture (visual work)
- Creator
- West, Bruce
- Description
- A large, outdoor stainless steel sculpture. The sculpture is composed of rectangular shapes and forms a type of archway. Salem DOT materials lab; % for art; bruce west; passage way From 1997 - 2005, Bruce West was Head of the Sculpture Department and Senior Lecturer at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. 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
- View
- side
- Location
- Oregon Department of Transportation >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 800 Airport Road S. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1987
- Identifier
- 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab_15_a01
- Item Locator
- WES:87-19
- Accession Number
- 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab_15_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- West, Bruce
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 8 x 11 x 4 ft
- Material
- Sculpture; Metalwork; stainless steel
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1987 Salem Department of Transportation Materials Lab 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- Front exterior
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- In 1982 my wife Sally and 5 friends trekked through Nepal for a month. We referred to ourselves as the Magnificent Seven. That description may have, when we reached 18,000 ft., been a bit of an overstatement in describing the gang, but it was certainly appropriate in describing the landscape and the people. For the next several years, my sculptures found their roots and inspiration from this experience. Some of that inspiration came from the frequently encountered gates or "archways" that seemed to be at every turn. When I returned to Portland, I rapidly produced ten or so small stainless steel sculptures which I dubbed "The Passageway Series". Like their Nepali counterparts, my gates had as their major feature an arch with smaller forms "in transit" passing through as if on a journey. I had hoped for an opportunity to build several of these models in full scale but of necessity wound up selling most of them. Mary Ann Normandin, a friend and colleague at Lewis & Clark College, bought one of these models after a visit to my studio in the Art Department, where I work as artist-in-residence and teach a sculpture class. She generously returned the model on loan to me for four months during construction of the work. It seemed appropriate that this sculpture "Passageway - Ready for a Journey" should have its origins and impetus in travel and should wind up in front of a State Highway Building. It is also appropriate that it to some degree resembles in shape and form the large press which is one of the main features of the lab, used to test the strength and density of various materials. (West, 1987)
