"You Are Here", Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Lindbergh North Terminal Expansion. Water-jet cut granite and marble tile with aluminum. 20' diameter, 2005.
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The central imagery rendered in gold marble on a green field depicts the Twin Cities metropolitan area and its airports as drawn from a local Terminal Area Chart. Concentric metal rings in the design radiate from the symbol of the MSP airport and correspond to airspace designations in the charts, geographically locating the viewer of the work. A sun/snowflake medallion is adapted from elements of earlier floors created in the terminal and the entirety is surrounded by a one-foot border of precipitation, sky coverage and cloud symbols drawn from aviation weather maps.
Dragonfly, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport's Lindbergh Terminal, Epoxy terrazzo, Minnesota stone tile, water-jet cut and hand-bent aluminum, 2004, approx. 30' x 45'.
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The work spans the width of the platform and responds to airfoil-inspired sculptural elements designed by the architects, which are suspended from the ceiling. The primordial wing below contrasts with the modern wings above. The piece is completed by a band of native Minnesota stone tiles extending across the platform on a diagonal with the wing. Dragonfly was created for the light rail station at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport's Lindbergh Terminal.
The
Fox, Fox Theatre, Stockton, California.
Water-jet cut and carved granite and cast bronze, 2004. 14’ x 52’.
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Water-jet cut and carved granite and cast bronze, 2004. 14’ x 52’. This paving artwork at the entry to the historic Fox Theatre in Stockton, California drew inspiration from interior wrought-iron work in the historic movie house. Stylized rays of light and clouds rendered in granite are punctuated by small bronze tiles depicting items which might be dropped to the floor of a theatre; dress gloves, a program, ticket stubs, roses. Commissioned by the City of Stockton, California.
Memory
Piece, Minneapolis-Saint Paul
International Airport, "C" Concourse.Terrazzo, water-cut zinc.
Dimensions vary,large oval approximately 14' in diameter, 2002.
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The
commission to design this art floor was awarded in August 2001. The design,
therefore, was created during the events and aftermath of
September 11th. While not overt, the emotions of the artists and especially
of the travelers and workers at the airport that winter echo within the
background of the piece.
Within the central oval, a field of stars takes the shape of an aircraft;
surrounding it are offset depictions of native birds and fish, firmly
grounding the piece within Minnesota.
Memory Piece is connected both thematically
and stylistically to past floors designed by the artists for the terminal
(such as NightLights and The Boreal Triad). It is set apart, however,
by the black border which surrounds each circular design, a reminderof
the serious nature of the events.
Funded by the Metropolitan Public Airports Foundation.
Voucher
University
of Wisconson Green Bay
Water-jet cut granite and marble with imagry drawn from
the natural history collections housed in the new academic building where
the work is located. 12' x 19', 2001.
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The
imagery in Voucher is drawn from natural history collections
housed in the new academic building where the work is sited.
The University maintains extensive holdings of regional plant and
animal voucher specimens, and the plants and animals depicted
in the artwork might be seen by a student utilizing the herbarium,
or a visitor walking the paths of the adjacent arboretum.
Commissioned by the Wisconsin Percent for art in Public Places
Program.
Big Woods Summer
Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport, "C" Concourse
Granite, marble, stainless steel, brass, 2001.
Approximately 25' in diameter.
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This floor design builds upon and expands the visual vocabulary established in Boreal Triad, the three inlaid stone floors installed in the Main Concourse of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 1999. Big Woods Summer incorporates images of native Minnesota wildflowers in a seasonal progression from spring to winter. A smaller ring in the design is composed of images of evergreen trees, a lake with boats and docks, and a sunburst design which is centered in the rotunda space.
Photography by Jerry Mathiason.
NightLights
Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport, Hubert H. Humphrey Terminal
Opalescent glass rods, colored epoxy terrazzo, brass, and water-jet cut
zinc plate. Approximately 27' x 90'.
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In a plain of deep color, clusters of brilliant light are scattered like jewels on a dark cloth. At first glance, the patterns suggest galaxies, star clusters or constellations, but a closer inspection reveals that the patterns are generated by human activity- the big cities, small towns, and thoroughfares of commerce and transportation.
At the center
of the designs (and the center of the new terminal building itself), is
a circular medallion depicting the pattern of the runways and taxiways
of the MSP Airport. Intersecting this central motif is an ellipse some
45 feet across, within which are playful illustrations related to faraway
places in the directions indicated- City skylines, forests, a polar bear,
mountains, the Golden Gate Bridge, palm trees, etc.
Art elements in the piece were generated using opalescent glass rods,
colored epoxy terrazzo, brass, and water-jet cut zinc plate. Overall dimensions
of the work are approximately 27' x 90', and more than 1,500 individual
elements comprise the "lights" in the map-like design. The greatest
concentration of the design is within the centermost of three 27-foot
squares, but elements of the work extend across all three of the areas
to effectively engage and complement the dramatic open spaces of the new
Humphrey Terminal (designed by Miller Dunwiddie Architects). CAD design
for the project was completed by Minneapolis Artist Brad Kaspari, and
funding for the project was provided by the Metropolitan Public Airport
Foundation.
Photography by Jerry Mathiason.
Boreal Triad, Minneapolis, MN
The North Star, Minnesota Compass Rose, and Plant, Animal, Season. Granite, marble, stainless steel, brass, 1999. Dimensions vary, each approx. 25' across.
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Three inlaid stone floors within the main concourse of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. All three of the medallions are oriented to magnetic North and incorporate imagery derived from Minnesota plants and animals. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Public Airport Foundation.