Script of Vine--A Trilogy of Prelude, Inventions and Fugue

Title

Script of Vine--A Trilogy of Prelude, Inventions and Fugue

LC Subject

Sculpture Public sculpture calligraphy (visual works) sculpture (visual work)

Creator

Zhao, Suikang

Description

I was born in China and educated there. Since 1986 I have lived in US. The experience of living in completed different social environments gives me a unique opportunity to see things differently. My artworks explore the relationships between different cultural phenomenon and deal with the issue of interwoven social reality in present time. By using overlapping texts and images I try to reconstruct the parallel (displacement) exposition of today's cultural fabrication and social structure. I see the cultural differences as the structure of harmony and dissonance within a shared space. My art is about re-thinking visual elements in terms of displaced environment and mind in the context of today's world. The different formations of social structures of today and the past are the central issues in my thought process, as well as in my art form and media. I try to create multi-dimensional, interwoven visual or visual/audio structures that reveal the cultural phenomena of paralleling and simultaneity. --http://www.re-title.com/artists/Suikang-Zhao.asp suikang@rocketmail.com The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts . You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/

View

Entrance, installation

Location

Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Living Learning Center >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States

Street Address

1590 E. 13th St., Eugene, Oregon

Award Date

2006/2007

Identifier

percent_m000

Accession Number

Zhao_Workin_79

Rights

In Copyright

Dc Rights Holder

Zhao, Suikang

Type

Image

Format

image/jpeg

Measurements

1 x 1/8 inch (steel stock)

Material

expanding anchor on exterior wall, sheetrock anchor on interior wall Sculpture 1 x 1/8 in. flat stock steel and powder coat

Set

Oregon Percent for Art

Primary Set

Oregon Percent for Art

Relation

University of Oregon University Health and Counseling Center Project

Institution

Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon

Note

Entrance

Color Space

RGB Color

Biographical Information

The artwork consists of three parts and is located in three different sites throughout the building. Part I: Prelude in Gold, Entrance / color: sunshine gold. Part II: Invention in Green, North Courtyard / color: light green. Part III: Fugue in Sun, South Courtyard / color: yellow. The basis of the artwork is text, however surpassing the linear, legible line of language to an ambiguous art form. Twenty-six languages are used as inspiration sources—derived from the students and faculty that utilize the facility. The text is woven and expresses healing and well-being through the use of an opened, intertwining, lacy pattern with various coloration—fabricated with a 1/8” x 1” hot roll of flattened steel which is forged and torched into liquid form. The majority of the artwork was constructed on-site for modifications in relation to the architectural design of the building. --http://www.zhaosuikang.com/Hresume.html