Weir Sculpture
- Title
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Weir Sculpture
- LC Subject
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Wood sculpture
Outdoor sculpture
Public sculpture
Western redcedar
Steel
Steel sculpture
sculpture (visual work)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
constructions (sculpture)
steelwork (visual works)
- Creator
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Imonen, Lee C.
- Description
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This metal and wood construction suspends horizontal, linear lengths of wood that connect a series of circular wooden pieces with metal faces from wood pillars.
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- Location
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Eastern Oregon University >> Union County >> Oregon >> United States
Union County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
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One University Boulevard, La Grande Oregon
- Date
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1975/2012
- Identifier
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2006_eou_housing_01_a02
- Accession Number
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2006_eou_housing_01_a02
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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Imonen, Lee C.
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/jpeg
- Material
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Sculpture
laminated, bent cedar beams, steel
- Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
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2006 Eastern Oregon University Housing project
2006_eou_housing
- Institution
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Oregon Arts Commission
University of Oregon
- Note
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Unknown man in image-- perhaps the artist? For a map of the EOU campus, see: http://www.eou.edu/visitor/map/
exterior common area
- Color Space
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RGB
- Biographical Information
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MY INTEREST IN LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC WORK IS TO CREATE SCULPTURE THAT NOT ONLY RELATES TO ITS SETTING AND CULTURAL CONTEXT, BUT ALSO SERVES TO CREATE A PLACE OR CONTEXT OF ITS OWN. THE SCULPTURE, WHICH I HAVE DEVELOPED AND PROPOSE, IS A MONUMENTAL SCULPTURAL REPRESENTATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN FISHING WEIR. THIS SCULPTURE WILL SERVE TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFIABLE SPACE OF ITS OWN. PEOPLE WILL NOT ONLY VIEW THE SCULPTURE, BUT ALSO INTERACT WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS. THE SCULPTURE IS INTENDED TO BE WALKED THROUGH, SAT IN AND AROUND AND ULTIMATELY TO FUNCTION AS A MEETING SPACE AND UNOFFICIAL HUB OF THE COMMUNITY. IT IS THIS IDENTIFIABLE PUBLIC SPACE, WHICH DRAWS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND BREAKS US AWAY FROM THE HOMOGENOUS MODERN WORLD. JUST AS THE WEIR IS INTENDED TO GATHER TOGETHER, SO IS THE SCULPTURE'S PURPOSE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT SEEMS FITTING IN A VALLEY THAT HAS HELD THE SAME FUNCTION FOR SO LONG.