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We the People, (sculpture). Artist:  Alvarez, Armando, sculptor. Title:  We the People, (sculpture). Dates:  1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cut steel, concrete, sandstone boulders, grass, and plants. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 8 ft. x L. 310 ft. Inscription:  (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 Description:  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. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Civic -- Democracy Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Allegory -- Other -- Nature Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Furniture -- Stand Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Gallup Sculpture Owner:  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 Remarks:  The artist solicited private funding for the sculpture. According to the artist, the sculpture commemorates "free speech, pluralism, democracy, and our coexistence with the environment." Democracy is represented by 16 empty chairs, decision making by a scale and a fetus, and pluralism by the 113 figures involved in various activities. Gallup citizens were used as models and a local bank president was used as the model for the Abe Lincoln-like figure who points to a young girl. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995. 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 NM000170   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000170 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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