Union Passage - Garden Grove, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 33° 46.577 W 117° 56.247
11S E 413200 N 3737745
A large piece consisting of two intertwined people.
Waymark Code: WM8CND
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
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The piece is located in the Garden Grove Civic Center Park. The piece consists both of a female and a male on separate columns . Their arms are intertwined, forming an archway. Both figures seem to be supporting each other.

Benches are located next to the piece. On them is written: "When the day ends, another begins, struggle turns to dance somewhere beneath the union of our difference lies a passage to transcend ourselves."

The sculpture cost $59,000, which was funded by Garden Grove's Art in Public Places program.A plaque on ground near sculpture reads: "Union Passage" - Bronze, Granite -Guy Angelo Wilson - Sculptor - Dedicated January 20, 1994. On the sculpture there's also a braille signature.
TITLE: Union Passage

ARTIST(S): Wilson, Guy Angelo, sculptor.

DATE: 1993. Dedicated Jan. 20, 1994.

MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001572

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Civic Center, Near Euclid & Acacia, Garden Grove, California


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