Sculpture at the Central Library, Portland, Oregon
Solar Wreath
The sculpture in 2012
Artist
Larry Kirkland
Year
1997 (1997)
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Aluminum, brass or gold leaf
Subject
Wreath
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
Owner
City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Solar Wreath is a 1997 sculpture by American artist Larry Kirkland, located on the third floor of the Central Library in Portland, Oregon. Funded by public and private donations funneled through the advocate and support group Friends of the Multnomah County Library,[1] the abstract suspended gilded ring measures 9 feet, 4 inches x 12 feet and is made of aluminum and brass or gold leaf.[2][3]
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, Solar Wreath is part of the artist's "Garden of Knowledge" series, which also includes Garden Stair and Garden Wreath (1997). These three works relate "in form, materials and metaphor", illustrating Kirkland's belief that the library is "a place where people explore, uncover and learn".[2][4] They were installed before the library building's re-opening in April 1997 after being closed for renovation for more than two years.[1][5]
Solar Wreath is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[6]
^ ab"Forty Years of Friendship!: Highlights from the History of the Friends of the Multnomah County Library 1972–2012". Friends of the Multnomah County Library. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
^ ab"Public Art Search: Solar Wreath". Regional Arts & Culture Council. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
^"Solar Wreath, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
^"Public Art Search: Garden Wreath". Regional Arts & Culture Council. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
^"Central Library history". Multnomah County Library. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
^"Solar Wreath, 1997". cultureNOW. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
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