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Acconci, Vito,
Berendt, Ken,
Abstract
Landscape -- Colorado
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Arvada
Sculpture
Dirt Wall, (sculpture).
Artist:
Acconci, Vito, 1940-2017, sculptor.
Berendt, Ken, architect.
Title:
Dirt Wall, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Wall, (sculpture).
Spiral Earth Wall, (sculpture).
Dates:
May 1992. Dedicated Oct. 16, 1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Glass, galvanized steel, masonite, plywood, red volcanic rock, Cherry Creek sand, concrete sand, dry sand, red dolomite, and top soil.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 24 x W. 4 ft. x L. 352 ft.
Description:
A 352-foot-long, ribbon-shaped wall of glass-enclosed panels of Colorado soil. The spiraling wall starts outside, on the west side of the Arvada Center, and winds its way through the building. Outside the building, the wall starts very low to the ground, gradually sloping upward until it reaches a height of 24 feet. The wall is interrupted several times by architectural features and seating nooks. The wall is made of glass panels in a steel frame. Visible through the glass are wood panels with various shades of top soil glued on in swirling layers.
Subject:
Abstract
Landscape -- Colorado
Object Type:
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Arvada
Sculpture
Owner:
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Colorado 80003
Remarks:
IAS files contain numerous related articles which discuss the controversy surrounding this public piece, including the Denver Post (April 5, 1992, pg. 5D), Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO, March 24, 1992), Arvada Jefferson Sentinel (CO, March 12, 1992, pg. 20); and ; and Center (Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities), vol. 12, no. 4 (Fall 1992), pg. 18-10. The sculpture costs $84,000 and was funded in part by 3-percent of the Arvada Center's building fund. Architect Ken Berendt designed the spiral wall.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
Denver Post (Denver, CO), April 5, 1992, pg. 5D.
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 CO000081
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000081
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