Bear (Gargoyle)
- Title
- Bear (Gargoyle)
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Metal sculpture Animals in art Totems Copper Stainless steel sculpture (visual work) public sculpture outdoor sculpture direct metal sculpture copper (metal) stainless steel
- Creator
- Chabre, Wayne
- Description
- This piece depicts the head of a grizzly bear with a Kwakiutt Indian mask of a bear on top (OAC documentation, 1989). Wayne Chabre; Bear Gargoyle; copper/patina; 5.5 x 5 x 4 feet; U of O Museum of Natural History; 1988 waynechabre@charter.net; 704 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, Washington, (509) 301-3596 The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
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- detail
- Location
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1680 E. 15th Avenue, Eugene Oregon
- Award Date
- 1988
- Identifier
- 1988_uo_mus-nat-his_01_c01
- Item Locator
- CHA: 89-60
- Accession Number
- 1988_uo_mus-nat-his_01_c01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Chabre, Wayne
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 5.5 x 5 x 4 feet
- Material
- Metalwork; Sculpture; hammered copper and stainless steel
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1988 University of Oregon Museum of Natural History 1988_uo_mus-nat-his
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The subjects for these pieces were chosen after consultation with the users, faculty, and architects of the buildings, a process which I appreciated. They were subjects which I found challenging and stimulating. The pieces were intended to say something about the function of the buildings and to provide an additional way for the buildings to speak for themselves and to be meaningful to those who work and study in them. I enjoy making art pieces that become part of the everyday lives of their owners and offer a respite from the prosaic (Chabre, 1988).
