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South Campus Sculptures (Pg 1)
With his on campus sculpture, Log Ramps, Lloyd Hamrol tried to incorporate the feeling of the Pacific Northwest by using local, natural materials such as logs. This allows the sculpture to fit in with the Western campus and feel like… Continue Reading →
Tom Otterness Tom Otterness is a contemporary American artist, who was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. In 1970, he studied at the Arts Students League in New York City, and then moved onto take part in the Whitney Independent… Continue Reading →
-Project Statement- Our project is a recreation of Fitzgerald’s Rainforest, this visual piece allows the viewer to literally see what Fitzgerald’s inspiration of the piece: nature. -About The Author- James Fitzgerald was born in 1910 in Seattle, Washington. After receiving… Continue Reading →
About David Ireland David Ireland was born in 1930. He grew up with three sisters in Bellingham, Washington. He first attended Western Washington University with a concentration in art and mathematics in 1948 and then went to California College of… Continue Reading →
Untitled (Steam Work for Bellingham) Robert Morris Robert Morris was known for task-oriented dance; and played an essential role in developing the art movements of Minimalist sculpture, Process art, and Earthworks. His focus and interest in dance led him to… Continue Reading →
By: Grace Westermann (Research), Alex DeChenne (Video), Paige Bartholmey (Research) Group statement For Scott Burton’s sculpture, Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair) (1987), our group wanted to capture the chairs through video to show Burton’s original intent to create… Continue Reading →
Situated on the slope above Red Square, Wright’s Triangle becomes a portal between North and South of Western’s campus. At night, the lights along the inside of the slabs flicker and pulse, creating an other-worldly experience. “In my later work, the… Continue Reading →
(Collage work from left to right- Tyreke Wilbanks, Briar Swayne, Sophia Ricci) We decided to create a collage from an image of Stadium Piece in order to explore the idea of individuality in community. As a group, our task was… Continue Reading →
About the Artist Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952 and went on to study art at the Art Students League of New York in 1970, and in 1973 he took an independent study program at the Whitney… Continue Reading →
Ulrich Rückriem “Untitled” About the Artist Ulrich Rückriem is a German-born artist who spent much of his life practicing stone masonry before he became a freelance artist. Not much information is available on this artist, and thus it’s difficult to… Continue Reading →