Vet Med Fence
- Title
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Vet Med Fence
- LC Subject
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Sculpture
Metal sculpture
Steel sculpture
Metal-work
Outdoor sculpture
Fences
sculpture (visual work)
public sculpture
outdoor sculpture
direct metal sculpture
metalwork (visual works)
- Creator
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Thomspson, David
- Description
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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
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- View
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Detail
- Location
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Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Magruder Hall, Oregon State University >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
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700 S. W. 30th St., Corvallis, Oregon
- Identifier
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Thomp_Fence_nonumber
- Accession Number
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Thomp_Fence_nonumber
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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Thomspson, David
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/jpeg
- Material
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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
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
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2005 Oregon State University Vet Med II
2005_osu_vet-med-II
- Institution
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Oregon Arts Commission
University of Oregon
- Note
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To access an OSU campus map with contextual location of Magruder Hall, go to http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/locations.php
Maguder Hall Small Animal Hospital
- Color Space
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RGB Color
- Biographical Information
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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: