Vet Med Fence
- Title
- Vet Med Fence
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Metal sculpture Steel sculpture Metal-work Outdoor sculpture Fences sculpture (visual work) public sculpture outdoor sculpture direct metal sculpture metalwork (visual works)
- Creator
- Thompson, David
- Description
- In this functional sculpture, three different- colored metal components repeat to form a fence on top of a concrete retaining wall. A brown section intertwines with a green section while variations in height in a gold section forms an undulation across the bottom of the fence. David Thompson; osu magruder hall; forged fence and gate; 2005 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/
- 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
- 2005_osu_vet-med-II_01_a01
- Accession Number
- 2005_osu_vet-med-II_01_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Thompson, David
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Sculpture; Metalwork steel, copper collars, bronze: forged, hot formed, hot slit, drifted and cold pinned; finished with sand blasting, patina coloration of blue green verde
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 2005 Oregon State University Vet Med II 2005_osu_vet-med-II
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- To access an OSU campus map with contextual location of Magruder Hall, go to http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/locations.php Magruder Hall Small Animal Hospital
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The central theme in my art is the effort to bring structure and ornamentation to a mutual conclusion that seems inseparable, preordained and wholly natural. I am an artist who extends my own perception and that of my audience, through constant exploration of the medium of iron. I like exploring metal and its ability to be formed and forged. There is great satisfaction in playing with these characteristics to create works of elegance and grace that are pleasing to the eye. Iron is strong, rigid, brutal, yet I can make it sensitive and fine. My work is documentary, recording in frozen motion a particular interaction between artist and material: I feel that ornamentation adds a human value to buildings, a sense of touch, complimenting the architectural space. I approach the creation of architectural sculpture as an art object and an extension of how I see and feel things; the object should have this kind of honesty and integrity about it. The whole purpose of architectural ornamentation is to bring accent and focus to architecture. I am interested in reviving the discipline of architectural metalwork as a contemporary art form, creating work that harmonizes within its surroundings, creating a dialogue with the architectural space, yet reflective to human scale. I believe good design and good work holds a sense of timelessness, reflects a quiet strength, and will always be lively and interesting. The fence was designed to reflect the veterinary medicine symbolism of the serpent, the staff and the *V.* (Thompson, 2005)
