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|  Changing Form by Doris Chase - Seattle, WA
in Abstract Public Sculptures A 15 foot tall steel sculpture of stacked geometric shapes with cutouts opening to views of downtown Seattle. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 8/6/2006 last visited: 9/28/2007 |
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|  "An Equal and Opposite Reaction," McCaw Hall Lobby, Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures This suspended sculpture is located in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall Lobby at Seattle Center. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date listed: 7/30/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Bird Song Listening Station- Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Bird Song Listening Station by Douglas R. Taylor is located in the Seattle Center.
posted by: Metro2@aol.com location: Washington date listed: 10/2/2009 last visited: 8/21/2009 |
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|  Grass Blades - Seattle Center - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures This sculpture looks to be formed of painted steel. From a distance it looks like a wall of glass bamboo. It's located near the Seattle Center Fun Forest and the EMP building. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 4/8/2007 last visited: 8/21/2009 |
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|  Roots and Branches - Seattle, WA
in Abstract Public Sculptures "Roots and Branches" is an interactive sculpture made of hundreds of instruments, mostly guitars (some, robotic). It's about 20' tall, located in the exhibit entry area of the Experience Music Project Museum. The piece was created by the German artist, Trimpin. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 7/31/2006 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Moon Gates by Doris Chase - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Moon Gates, by local sculptor, Doris Chase, is located in the sculpture garden near the Space Needle, extending the length of Seattle Center’s border with Broad Street. It is a bronze sculpture of 3 parts. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 4/8/2007 last visited: 8/21/2009 |
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|  Olympic Iliad by Alexander Liberman
in Abstract Public Sculptures The Olympic Iliad is located on the Seattle Center grounds near the Space Needle. It is a well known Seattle sculpture, often photographed with the Needle in the background. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 4/8/2007 last visited: 8/21/2009 |
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|  Middle East Peace by Sabah Al-Dhaher- Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures A peace sculpture adjacent to the Space Needle's peace pole. posted by: Metro2@aol.com location: Washington date listed: 9/25/2009 last visited: 8/21/2009 |
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|  Wake by Richard Serra - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Serra's "Wake" features 5 wave-like steel components appear to fishtail through space in Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park. The sculpture weighs 300 tons, and stretches 125 feet. ARTnews magazine cited the price of the sculpture as $5 million. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Sky Landscape I by Louise Nevelson - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Sky Landscape is a painted aluminum sculpture using several curved pieces to form a collage in metal. It looks very different depending on the angle that it is viewed from. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Perre's Ventaglio III by Beverly Pepper - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Perre's Ventaglio III explores the use of industrial materials - using stainless steel to create a manufactured feel to a handmade object. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Persephone Unbound by Beverly Pepper - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures This cast bronze sculpture is inspired by Persephone, queen of the underworld. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 12/31/2008 |
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|  Bunyon's Chess by Mark di Suvero
in Abstract Public Sculptures "Bunyon's Chess" is a very lighthearted piece, referencing the legendary logger Paul Bunyon. It was commissioned by Virginia Wright in 1965 and the artist created it on site at their home over the summer. The sculpture is a gift to OSP. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Eagle by Alexander Calder - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures The Calder piece, Eagle, was refurbished and moved to the Olympic Sculpture Park from its former location in front of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 1/16/2007 last visited: 10/29/2009 |
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|  Love & Loss by Roy McMakin
in Abstract Public Sculptures In this piece McMakin is pointing out the place where love and loss intersect - literally. McMakin often starts his work with some everyday image and then alters it in a surprising way. The result: making the familiar seem strange. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Riviera by Anthony Carro
in Abstract Public Sculptures This sculpture was created in 1971-1974 by Anthony Caro,an important British sculptor who worked as an assistant to the great artist, Henry Moore. He was knighted in 1987 by Queen Elizabeth in recognition of his artistic career. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 6/5/2009 |
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|  Seattle Cloud Cover by Teresita Fernandez - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures This piece layers laminated glass with a photographic interlayer depicting cloud cover. The cloud design plays off the Seattle stereotype of continual overcast while at the same time projecting a burst of vibrant color on the grayest of days. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 6/5/2009 |
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|  Function Meets Form II - Seattle, WA
in Abstract Public Sculptures Water collector/abstract fountain posted by: fishingwishing location: Washington date listed: 12/17/2007 last visited: 4/24/2009 |
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|  Water Table - Seattle, WA
in Abstract Public Sculptures Just what it says - a Water Table posted by: fishingwishing location: Washington date listed: 12/17/2007 last visited: 4/24/2009 |
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|  Schubert Sonata by Mark di Suvero - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Before being installed at the Sculpture Park, "Schubert Sonata" was on view outside Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony. Like other works by di Suvero, it incorporates delicate motion and a grand scale. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Wandering Rocks by Tony Smith - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures These five geometric forms of painted steel are found along the path through a grove of quaking aspens. The artist saw them as a sort of homage to the famous Zen rock garden at Ryoanji in Kyoto, Japan. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 12/31/2008 |
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|  "Typewriter Eraser, Scale X" by Oldenburg and van Bruggen - Seattle, WA
in Abstract Public Sculptures This sculpture of a typewriter eraser comes from the pop generation of art. It was proposed by in 1975 and actually sculpted in 1999. Its current home is Seattle's Olympic Sculpture park, next to Elliot Avenue. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/1/2006 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  "Split" by Roxy Paine - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures Roxy Paine’s graceful, towering stainless steel tree evolved from a detailed analysis of a tree’s structure. See this sculpture and over 20 more at Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/1/2006 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Stinger
in Abstract Public Sculptures The sculpture "Stinger" conceived and built by the artist Tony Smith. posted by: OpinioNate location: Washington date listed: 2/12/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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|  Eye Benches I, II, and III by Louise Bourgeois - Seattle, Washington
in Abstract Public Sculptures After being commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum to do a fountain for the Olympic Sculpture Park, the artist added these functional sculptures as a gift to the park. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/13/2007 last visited: 7/3/2009 |
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