Bubble Chamber Series, (sculpture).

Bubble Chamber Series, (sculpture).

Phillips, David, 1944- , sculptor.

Bubble Chamber Series, (sculpture).

Beach Fragments Series, (sculpture).

1986. Installed 1987 (?).

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Reliefs: cast silicon bronze; Base: brick.

7 reliefs. Small reliefs: approx. H. 16 in. x W. 16 in.; Large relief: approx. H. 27 in. x W. 31 in.

(Stamped on four of the seven reliefs:) D.PHILLIPS 86 signed

A series of seven reliefs are embedded in a brick paved area along the Lechmere Canal near the Charles River. There are six small square reliefs which are installed around a gazebo and one large hexagonal relief which is installed on the floor of the gazebo. The reliefs depict images found in beach sand such as shells, foot prints, hand prints, stones, fossils, and pools of shallow water; images found in the universe such as atomic particles and symbols of astronomy; and hieroglyphics.

Object -- Other -- Shell

Figure -- Fragment -- Hand

Figure -- Fragment -- Foot

Waterscape -- River -- Charles River

Waterscape -- Bay

Landscape -- Beach

History -- United States -- Massachusetts

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge

Administered by City of Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Council, 57 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Accession Number: CAC86.03

Located Lechmere Canal Park, Between Cambridge Street, First Street, & the Galleria Mall, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

To create the reliefs, the artist used actual castings of beach materials. The reliefs refer to the history of Boston's Charles River Basin which was once a back bay tidal flat opening to the sea. The reliefs were commissioned by the City of Cambridge through the Cambridge Arts Council's Percent for Art Program. IAS files contain an article from the Cambridge Arts Council's newsletter, ArtsLine, and an excerpt from David Phillips' "Sculpture by David Phillips," 1993.

Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.

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