Copper Screen Gates

Title: Copper Screen Gates
LC Subject: Architecture--Details Art metal-work Bronze sculpture Copperwork Decoration and ornament, Architectural Doorways Sculpture Steelwork sculpture (visual work) public sculpture bronze (metal) copper (metal) glass (material) steelwork (visual works)
Creator: Chabre, Wayne
Description: The gate panels depict a moment in time showing the life cycle of a forest scene in Oregon. Plant forms are representative of different parts of Oregon. A theme of birth through death is represented by an old half dead pine and a new sapling, spring flowers, and a stream flowing through to provide nourishment. (information from OAC documentation) Wayne Chabre; Interior Gates; Archives waynechabre@charter.net The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
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Location: Oregon State Archives >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 800 Summer St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Award Date: 1991
Identifier: 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg_03_a11
Accession Number: 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg_03_a11
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Chabre, Wayne
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Measurements: 10 feet 9 inches x7 feet 5 inches x 13/4 inches
Material: Architecture; Sculpture; Metalwork steel; copper; bronze and glass
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1991 Oregon State Archives Building, Salem Oregon 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: An online tour of art in the State Archives Building is available at http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/tour/lobbyart.html Entry to the exhibit gallery
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: These gates were designed to contrast with the architecture and complement the function of the building in which they are places. Through the use of ancient vegetative life-cycle symbolism and water as nourisher and sustainer of life, I've tried to connect the recorded lives in the Archives with the natural surroundings that nurtured them and without which the current cycles would not be possible. (Chabre, 1991)