Oregon Percent for Art

Copper Screen Gates

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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detail
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_a08
Accession Number
1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg_03_a08
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)