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Initial Reaction: The four ramps are structured in a way that allows for an opening at the top of the sculpture and the sides so the viewers can go inside of it. The openness of the layout helps add to… Continue Reading →
Created by Nathan Wilkinson and Olivia Stoddard Visual Analysis Scott Burton created Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair) in 1987. The sculpture is located at the entrance of the Biology building at Western Washington University, which is surrounded by black… Continue Reading →
Our Initial Reactions Billy Travis As for my initial interpretation of the piece, I believe that it is making a statement about the dichotomy between nature and technology. It was named after a clover, which is a naturally-occurring plant,… 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 →
Scepter by Steve Tibbetts Steve Tibbetts was a student at Western Washington University in the 1960s. Little is known about his life, but we are able to honor his memory by representing his amazing sculpture “Scepter”. He created this… 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 →
About the Artist David Ireland was born in Bellingham, WA in 1930. He attended Western Washington University and studied industrial design and printmaking at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. After serving twenty years in the United… Continue Reading →
About the Artist: Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. He spent 18 years there before moving to New York in order to study art and develop his own style. Otterness is a self-taught sculptor who is known… Continue Reading →
“No to transcendence and spiritual values, heroic scale, anguished decisions, historicizing narrative, valuable artifact, intelligent structure, interesting visual experience.” – Robert Morris About the Artist Robert Morris was born July 29th, 1931 and was an up and coming artist from… Continue Reading →