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    		• Hudson, Jon Barlow,
     
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    		• Commercial Metal Fabricators Co.,
     
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    		• Bushworks Fabricating & Welding,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Religion -- Hinduism
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Socorro
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Shiva: Shiwana, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hudson, Jon Barlow, 1945- , sculptor.
    Commercial Metal Fabricators Co., fabricator.
    Bushworks Fabricating & Welding, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Shiva: Shiwana, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1980.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless steel with sanded surface; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 x 15 x 15 ft.; Base: approx. H. 12 in. x Diam. 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bottom of sculpture:) JON BARLOW HUDSON (Bottom of sculpture:) SHIVA-SHIWANA signed
    Description: 
    A 12 foot high stainless steel abstract tetrahedron form with a single 12 inch diameter shaft rising 8 feet to support 3 wings or arms that branch out in a triangular configuration. (The wings refer to sight lines used by early Native American astronomers).
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Religion -- Hinduism -- Shiva
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Laguna
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Socorro
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Highway 60, P. O. Box 0, Socorro, New Mexico 87801
    Remarks: 
    Funded through the state Arts Council. "Shiva" refers to a Hindu goddess and "Shiwana" is a Laguna name for healer whose powers come as a result of being struck by lightning. IAS files contain artist's proposal for the sculpture and a related article from Studia Mystica, v. 3 no. 3, Fall 1980.
    References: 
    Hinson, Tom E. & A. Lockhart, "Sculpture Outside in Cleveland," Ohio: New Organization for the Visual Arts, 1981.
    Hudson, Jon Barlow, 1993, 2010
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hinson, Tom E. & A. Lockhart, "Sculpture Outside in Cleveland," Ohio: New Organization for the Visual Arts, 1981, pg. 20.
    Studia Mystica 3 (Fall 1980): pg. 26.
    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 87860019
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