Tiles - Eugene, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 44° 03.172 W 123° 05.573
10T E 492560 N 4877749
A repeating series of tiles depict melancholy, happy, calm and surprise.
Waymark Code: WMX025
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
Views: 1

The six-inch square tiles are arranged in a long line in the concrete wall of the Hult Center for Performing Arts forming a repeating pattern. Each tile depicts a face expressing melancholy, happy, calm and surprise. From the Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog description:
Series of faces, that repeat around the outside wall of the concert hall. These faces depict four different moods: melancholy, happy, calm and surprise. Each face wears earrings, a hat and a collar, possibly made to look like African tribal attire. Each tile has two faces that oppose each other along the vertical axis, making a reflection-like image.

The tiles can be seen as a stripe in the concrete wall in Google Street View.

Somehow, I missed spotting the plaque.

TITLE: Tiles

ARTIST(S): sculptors: G. Adelsheim, R. Larson, M. Pratt; fabricator: Catspaw Pottery;

DATE: 1982

MEDIUM: Pottery tile

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OR000322

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

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
East facing wall of Hult Center for Performing Arts near North entrance


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted


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