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H1460

By Claus Moor
Category: Miscellaneous

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Built of gleaming white cararra marble and standing on a grassy knoll, the 35,000-pound freestanding doorway H1460 invites the viewer to step through its portal. While it may bring to mind doorways constructed by ancient civilizations, it may also evoke futuristic landscapes built and inhabited by otherworldly beings. With its cryptic title, H1460, artist Claus D. Moor invites the viewer to pass through its arch, free of preconceived notions about its meaning. While the base of the piece is permanently attached to its cement pad, the arch fits together like a vertical puzzle without the use of motor, bolts, or adhesives.

Dimensions: 12′
Material: White carrara marble
Owner: Southwestern Illinois College Foundation
Donor: William E. Schmidt Charitable Foundation


About the artist:

Claus Moor

Artist Bio: b. 1948

Moor was born in Germany in 1948 where family circumstances led him to become an electrical engineer. Interested in art from an early age, he continued on his course as a self-taught artist while working as an electrician. In 1980 he created his first sculptures and soon founded an artists’ residence community and gallery in southern Germany. Moor was the 1995 recipient of the Cite Internationale des Arts de Parisstipend. His works can be seen in many venues in Germany, and in the United States he has exhibited at Pierwalk in Chicago. He lives in Germany and in Tuscany, Italy.