by jfawcett | Feb 10, 2014
Michael Dunbar named this piece “astro” meaning star, and “treillage,” a latticework for growing plants. Dunbar pondered the proximity of the Belleville Campus to Cahokia Mounds when creating the work. The shape of the sculpture suggests a...
by jfawcett | Feb 10, 2014
Karpowicz is particularly drawn to tension at the point of contact, or “joint”, between disparate materials. By joining irregular, organic materials (such as wood limbs or granite shards) to machine-tooled geometric shapes of metal, he creates actual or...
by jfawcett | Feb 10, 2014
Pedestrians stroll the Pageant Walkway while overhead, atop totem poles, an artist’s palette — a ballet slipper, a book and a guitar — point downwind, each a working weather vane that corresponds to one of four arts: dance, literature, music and visual art. It’s a...
by jfawcett | Feb 10, 2014
The sculpture consists of two, 50 foot by 30 inch tapered tubular forms suspended beneath the arches of the station platform. Lit by LEDs in over 800 clear PC orbs, the sculpture is equipped with interactive capabilities, and responds to the movement of pedestrians...
by jfawcett | Feb 10, 2014
Frozen in mid-step, a man grips the leash of a dog trotting ahead of him. Look again. This is not the expected cast bronze sculpture seen standing on sidewalks everywhere. Outlined by red steel frames and sided with flat, transparent, tempered acrylic panels the two...
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