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Bellamy, David Kirby,
Beatty, Chris,
Singow, Scott,
Berg, Matt,
Abstract
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Billboard
Kinetic
Sculpture
The Glasses, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bellamy, David Kirby, sculptor.
Beatty, Chris, designer.
Singow, Scott, designer.
Berg, Matt, assistant.
Title:
The Glasses, (sculpture).
Dates:
July 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel, scrap metal items including lawn mower, tricycle, bicycle, car parts, fan blade, bed springs, snowmobile, organ pipe, garden cart, hobby horse.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 17 x 50 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 14 ft. x 48 ft. x 3 in. (5,000 lbs.)
Inscription:
(On tag hanging from eyeglasses:) OSSIP/OPTOMETRY/BROAD RIPPLE
Description:
A colossal pair of eyeglass frames mounted on the front of a billboard. The glasses consist of a steel frame with over 1,000 items of scrap metal mounted on the front of the frame. Objects include lawn mowers, bicycles, a tricycle mounted on a spring which moves. The front end of a blue Chevy is the nosepiece. Other items include fan blades that spin, the hood of a Volkswagen Beetle, bed springs, the front of a snowmobile, an organ pipe, a garden cart and a hobby horse. A large salestag hangs from the bottom proper left corner of the eyeglasses.
Subject:
Abstract
Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Billboard
Kinetic
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Ossip Optometry, 804 Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, Indiana 46220
Located Broad Ripple Avenue at Compton, Indianapolis, Indiana
Remarks:
The sculpture was created as an advertising campaign by the firm Young & Laramore with Beatty and Singow acting as the creative team. The piece was sculpted by Bellamy and his assistant Berg, using scrap metal pieces recovered from a salvage yard in Noblesville, IN. The sculpture took seven weeks to create. IAS files contain copy of related articles from Nuvo Newsweekly, July 28-Aug. 4, 1993 and Arts Indiana, December 1993.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Arts Indiana, December 1993, pg. 23.
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 IN001078
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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