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Vega

Creator
Award Date
  • 1990
Description
  • The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts.
  • Vega
  • William Moore
  • 1990
  • Copper, Brass, Maple, Madrone Burl
  • 19.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches
  • A wooden sculpture with three legs, supporting a madrone burl, oval-shaped piece that extends downward into a cone shape. The top of the piece is a bluish metal, perhaps a patinaed copper, with a brass opening in the middle. This is one of two images of the same piece. irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material.
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Biographical Information
  • Vega is turned from a small madrone burl, the form being a modified amphora, a form I have been exploring in many pieces over the last several years. This amphora has no feet. It cannot e set down without tipping over, giving it an aura of being for some special purpose. In Vega, the stand elevates the piece so we can look at it more at eye level, where it is seemingly less tied to gravity and the ground plane. The shiny brass escutcheon pins agaInst. the painted green copper are the source of the sculpture's asterial game. (Moore, 1991)
Subject
Location
Street Address
  • 255 Capitol St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Material
  • Mixed media
  • wood and metal (madrone burl; maple; copper; brass)
Measurements
  • 19.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches
Rights Holder
  • Moore, William (Bill)
Identifier
  • 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_12_a02
Accession Number
  • 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_12_a02
Relations
  • 1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg
  • 1991-1993 Salem Public Service Building
Version
  • slide
  • color
Institution
Conversion
  • Nikon SuperCoolScan 5000 ED
Submission Date
  • 06/10/2015
Modified
  • 03/27/2024
Collections

APA

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Vega Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67x8405

MLA

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. "Vega" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67x8405

Chicago

Oregon Percent for Art, University of Oregon. "Vega" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67x8405

Wiki

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