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Fauna TimePiece, (sculpture). Artist:  Borello, Brian, sculptor. Title:  Fauna TimePiece, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze and stainless steel on concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. W. 24 in.; Base: approx. H. 13 in. W. 17 1/2 ft. Inscription:  "Fauna TimePiece"/Brian Borello/Bronze, steel, and concrete 1991/Brian Borello has chosen wild creatures from the woods and swamps to represent the hours of the day on this sculpture sundial. Using the "Lost Wax" method of Bronze casting, the artist has used actual shells and skeletal parts to make his molds. (Under middle of sculpture:) The artist introduces the stainless steel needle (gnomon) as the presence of modern technology into a landscape of Bronze animals and nature thus using contrasting materials in a symbolic manner/Commissioned for the Parkway and Park Commission by the Percent For Art Program administered by Arts Council and the Arts Council of New Orleans, Sidney J. Barthelemy, Mayor signed Description:  A large sundial consisting of a pink oval concrete base rising from a green rim with imprints of animal footprints. Around the edge of the base are stainless steel discs. On each disc is a bronze sculpture of an animal native to the woods and swamps of Louisiana. The animals are arranged in a clockwise fashion following the chain of evolutionary development, from invertebrate sea life to fish, reptiles, mammals and human beings. The animals include: a heron, a turtle, crabs, starfish, a crawfish with three crawfish holes, fish rising from the water, a skull, an armadillo, a deer skull with antlers, an alligator, sea shells, and small animal skulls. The stainless steel gnomon is a tall, thin, slanted pyramid shape. The pink base slopes down slightly towards the 12 o'clock position. Subject:  Allegory -- Time -- Eternity Allegory -- Other -- Nature Animal -- Bird -- Heron Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Fish -- Crab Animal -- Other -- Starfish Animal -- Fish -- Crayfish Animal -- Armadillo Animal -- Deer Animal -- Reptile -- Alligator Animal -- Other -- Skeleton Object Type:  Sundial Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Orleans, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Located Joe Brown Park, 5600 Read Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70127 Remarks:  Commissioned by the Percent for Art Program administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans. IAS files contain a related article from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), June 19, 1991, pg. E-10, which describes the symbolism of the piece and the dedication. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993. Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), June 19, 1991, pg. E-10. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS LA000002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture LA000002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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