We the People, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Alvarez, Armando

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.

Image on file.

(On first panel of wall, incised:) 1993/1994/(copyright symbol) (Next to dates and copyright symbol, incised:) (Large letter "A")LVAREZ/RMONDO (Following next on wall, incised:) "WE THE PEOPLE" (On side of scale-like structure, incised:) (Image of fetus)/HUMAN/NATURE (On other side of scale-like structure, incised:) (Image of sun)/HUMAN/KNOWLEDGE signed

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Summary

A large interactive architectural sculpture consisting of a semicircular wall with silhouettes of cut out figures suspended 3 inches behind it to allow light through. Within the semicircular wall's space are empty chairs, 100 boulders, plants, grass, a large scale-like structure, and figures standing alone and as a group at lecterns with inscriptions.

1994

Control number

IAS NM000170

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Cut steel, concrete, sandstone boulders, grass, and plants

Owner/Location

Administered by City of Gallup City Parks Division P. O. Box 1270 Gallup New Mexico 87305

Located Myamura Park Exit 22, directly north of I-40 Gallup New Mexico

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Figure group

Allegory--Civic--Democracy

Allegory--Civic--Liberty

Allegory--Other--Nature

Object--Furniture--Chair

Object--Furniture--Stand

Record ID

siris_ari_323309

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