The Guardian
- Title
- The Guardian
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Relief (Decorative arts) Relief (Sculpture) Copper Copperwork relief (sculpture techniques) reliefs (sculptures) sculpture (visual work)
- Creator
- Sponenburgh, Mark
- Description
- This heavily patinaed sculptural form consists of a rectangular base that supports an inverted trapezoidal form ornamented with three unique groupings of symbols where the longer sides of the trapezoid depict different images and the shorter sides depict the same images. In this contextual view from the north side, two of the four sides are visible. The longer side depicts an eye form in the center, surrouned by a fish form, what appears to be a beaver form, and a bird form. The shorter side presents an eye form with two hands below it. The Gaurdian; Mark Sponenburgh; east and north side; Veterinary Hosp. (OSU) "To Sponenburgh, art and nature glorify one another. Their relationship has marked his sculpture over the decades, in his animals and natural phenomena - the mounds of a cumulus cloud, the arc of a wave and the frosty dignity of an owl carved from Douglas fir - that some think will be his enduring legacy." (Data provided by Abby Haight at oregonlive.com.) For an article on this artist, please view: http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianspecial/2007/06/a_giant_of_a_sculptor_saves_hi.html 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, ArtCentric, at http://www.artcentric.org/
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- Location
- Magruder Hall, Oregon State University >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 700 S. W. 30th St., Corvallis Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1980_corvallis_osu-vet-bldg_02_a02
- Accession Number
- 1980_corvallis_osu-vet-bldg_02_a02
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Sponenburgh, Mark
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 10 x 9 feet
- Material
- Sculpture hammered copper over wood (repoussé)
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1980 Corvallis Oregon, Oregon State University Veterinary Building 1980_corvallis_osu-vet-bldg
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
