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| Title | Pendelton Critters (7 critters) |
| Alternative Title | Pendleton Herd |
| Artwork Description | This view depicts one of seven whimsical metal sculptures whose forms imply abstractions of cloven animals. Bright colors and bold shapes adorn the pieces. |
| Description on Object | Barry Gunderson; pendleton critters; sculpture painted aluminum; eastern or training center |
| Notes | Eastern Oregon Training Center is an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF/MR) located in Pendleton Oregon. The training center is home for up to 50 individuals with developmental disabilities. These individuals reside in 8 homes on a small campus. These homes are staffed 7 days a week, 24 hours per day. In addition to direct care staff each home has a manager and other professional staff. This includes nursing, physicians, psychologist, occupational and physical therapies, dental, psychiatric and vocational and recreational services. Residents receive active treatment and an individual support plan based on person-centered planning. (data from Oregon Blue Book, 2007) |
| Artist Statement | Whether I am trying to capture the power and surge of a thrusting fountain or whether I am trying to deal with the Scandinavian winter darkness my work is about the essence of form as these and other subjects are explored. In all my work, materials, forms, and techniques are manipulated to create immediate impact, recognition, emotional content, and visual fun. My most current theme is figures with strange thought bubbles. Before that waterless fountains occupied my intentions. And for years I have been building the strange critters of my imagination. (http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage?sculptor_id=1000210) Viewed 2007-02-27 |
| LC Subject | Metal sculpture
Sculpture
Metal-work
Aluminum
Sculpture, Abstract
Outdoor sculpture
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| AAT Subject | aluminum (metal)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
metalwork
sculpture
sculpture (visual work)
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| Creator | Gunderson, Barry
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| About the Artist | Barry Gunderson has been a Professor of Studio Art at Kenyon College, Ohio. He joined the department in 1974 after receiving his MFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has taught all the sculpture courses in the Department from the intro level "Three Dimensional Design" to the more unusual courses such as "Art with a Function" and "Art with Four Legs." His work also deals with the third dimension from outdoor public commissions to smaller studio pieces. "Learning to be an artist is a very complex process. Learning to enjoy Art by trying to make it is also complex. Once it is started the process has to be practiced and explored - perhaps for a lifetime. As an Artist/Teacher I think it is important to share my studio trials and tribulations for art-making is always fun but rarely easy. It is also important to share the joys of this activity - those times when an idea in combination with carefully selected and worked materials yields a product I am proud to exhibit. It is also a joy to help students dig deeply into themselves, then to use all their energies and resourcefulness to create a work they never thought possible." (http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/academicprogram/studenthandbook.htm) |
| Artist Contact | gunderson@kenyon.edu |
| Artist URL | http://art.kenyon.edu/studioart/facultypages/gunderson/gundersonart.htm |
| Regional Arts Council | The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artseast.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1986
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| Installation Date | 1986 |
| Medium | Sculpture
Metalwork
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| Materials/Technique | acrylic auto body paint on 1/4 inch aluminum |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Pendleton Oregon. Department of Human Services. Eastern Oregon Training Center
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| Site Address | 2575 Westgate, Pendleton Oregon |
| County | Umatilla County, Oregon
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| Image View | view 2 of 4 |
| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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