She Flies With Her Own Wings
- Title
- She Flies With Her Own Wings
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Installations (Art) Light art Light in art Birds in art sculpture (visual work) public sculpture constructions (sculpture)
- Creator
- Merkt, Don
- Description
- This sculptural installation, which can be viewed from either the first or second floor lobbies, presents a bird in flight attached to the ceiling, dramatically lit by an elaborate lighting mechanism that extends up from the circular cutaway in the ceiling between the first and second floors. This particular view, from the second floor lobby, presents a contextual view of the sculpture and its lighting mechanism. D. Merkt; She Flies with Her Own Wings The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
- Location
- Portland State Office Building >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 800 N.E. Oregon, Portland Oregon
- Award Date
- 1992
- Identifier
- 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II_09_a01
- Accession Number
- 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II_09_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Merkt, Don
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Sculpture brass, light
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- Portland State Office Building, Vol. II (1991) 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- first and second floor lobbies
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- Typically, a lobby is an entrance space that orients you to the rest of the building. This piece attempts to expand on that experience by welcoming you to the state and its valued feeling of independence. The poetry of the state motto is combined with the grace of the state bird in order to illustrate quiet, dignified sense of freedom and uniqueness. Sculpturally, the piece is very formal, acknowledging the classical heritage of the building in a very ethereal and airy way (Merkt, 1991).
