The Western Washington University Outdoor Sculpture Collection is a public sculpture collection[1] founded in 1960.[2][3] The collection contains thirty-six public sculptures[4] spanning 190 acres of the Western Washington University campus.[5]
History
In 1957, the board of trustees of Western Washington University established a policy that encouraged public art on the campus.[3] The first work added to the collection, commissioned by Paul Thiry,[6] was James Fitzgerald's Rain Forest, in 1960.[3]
Campus architect Ibsen Nelsen commissioned Isamu Noguchi's "Skyviewing Sculpture" in the 1960s.[6]
Funding for the acquisition of the works in the collection came from a combination of sources that included the state's one percent for art law, The Virginia Wright Fund,[7] and the National Endowment for the Arts [8]
The collection is overseen by the director of the university's Western Art Gallery. As of 2015, the director of the collection is Hafþór Yngvason.[4]
Sculptures in the collection
- "Rain Forest (1959)," by James FitzGerald
- "Totem (1962)," by Norman Warsinske
- "Wall Relief" (1962), by Norman Warsinske
- "Scepter" (1966), by Steve Tibbetts
- "Sky Viewing Sculpture" (1969),[6] by Isamu Noguchi
- "Steam Work for Bellingham-II,[6] by Robert Morris
- "Alphabeta Cube" (1972), by Fred Bassetti
- "The Man Who Used to Hunt Cougars for Bounty" (1972), by Richard Beyer
- "Log Ramps" (1974; 1987), by Lloyd Hamrol
- "For Handel" (1975),[7] by Mark di Suvero
- "India" (1976), by Anthony Caro
- "Sasquatch" (1976), by Rod Pullar
- "Flank II" (1978), by Mia Westerlund Roosen
- "Garapata" (1978), by John Keppelman
- "Mindseye" (1978),[9] by Mark di Suvero
- "Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings" (1978),[10][11] by Nancy Holt
- "Curve / Diagonal" (1979), by Robert Maki
- "Normanno Column" (1980), by Beverly Pepper
- "Normanno Wedge" (1980), by Beverly Pepper
- "Wright's Triangle" (1980),[7] by Richard Serra
- "Untitled Box" (1982), by Donald Judd
- "Bayview Station" (1987), by George Trakas
- "The Islands of the Rose Apple Tree Surrounded by the Oceans of the World for You, Oh My Darling" (1987), by Alice Aycock
- "Two-part Chairs, Right Angle Version (A Pair)" (1987), by Scott Burton
- "Untitled" (1989), by Ulrich Rückriem
- "Untitled" (1990), by Meg Webster
- "Manus" (1994), by Magdalena Abakanowicz
- "Feats of Strength" (1999), by Tom Otterness
- "Stadium Piece" (1999),[6] by Bruce Nauman
- "Bigger Big Chair" (2006), by David Ireland
- "Burning Island" (2014), by Keaton Martin[citation needed]
- "Nooksack Middle Fork" (2016),[12] by Claude Zevas
See also
References
- ^ "Western Washington University Outdoor Sculpture Collection". Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Outdoor Sculpture Collection". Western Washington University. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Exploring Best Practices for Building a University's Public Art Collection. ProQuest. 2008. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-0-549-60866-0.
- ^ a b "Reykjavik Art Museum Director takes helm at Western Gallery in Sept. 2015". Bellingham.org. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Karen Brown; June Eveleigh Brown; Beth Knutsen (2006). Karen Brown's Pacific Northwest 2007. Karen Brown's Guides. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-1-933810-14-0.
- ^ a b c d e Farr, Sheila. "Beautiful burden". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Founding the Washington Art Consortium's Original Collection". The Washington Art Consortium. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "WWU's Outdoor Sculpture Collection Turns 50". Window Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Balmer, Dan. "Sculpting Excellence On Western's Campus". The Western Front Online. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Construction, dedication of 'Rock Rings' sculpture". Western Washington University. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Anna Maria Guasch Ferrer; Nasheli Jimenez Del Val (17 October 2014). Critical Cartography of Art and Visuality in the Global Age. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6996-6.
- ^ Bikman, Margaret. "New public art by Claude Zervas at WWU". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2016.