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Fahey, Ewing,
Frey, Susan Rademacher,
Nouri, Mohammad B.,
Rollins, James,
Gast, Bill,
Art Metal Works,
N.I.L. Engineering,
Abstract -- Geometric
Architecture -- Detail
Landscape -- Town
Allegory -- Place
Architecture -- Detail
Object -- Other
Architecture -- Detail
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
Turrets, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fahey, Ewing, sculptor.
Frey, Susan Rademacher, landscape architect.
Nouri, Mohammad B., contractor.
Rollins, James, painter.
Gast, Bill, welder.
Art Metal Works, welder.
N.I.L. Engineering, engineering firm.
Title:
Turrets, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Turrets at the Highland Island, (sculpture).
Highland Island Landmark, (sculpture).
Original Highlands Landmark, (sculpture).
Dates:
Designed 1989. Installed 1990. Dedicated Sept. 30, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel, painted, and brick, limestone, stone, neon and plants; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Turrets: approx. 24 1/2 x 21 x 11 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) 1990/The Highland Neighborhood Association/Kentucky Fried Chicken/Helen Reyin Trover/Kroger Food Stores/Barret Funeral Home/Spier Ace Hardware/Herb & Lilly Zimmerman/Don and Faye Hussey/Marian Braun Ziebel/Bill & Dot Dexter/Jerry Brown/Ted & Charlotte Harju/John & Kay Begley/Citizen's Fidelity Bank/In Memory of Gerald W. Stephens/David Selter/Barbara & James P. Hancock/Edith & Barry Bingham, Jr./Daniel and Beth Rose/Fashion Ship/Cherokee Triangle Neighborhood Association/Patti Clare and Jack Trawick/Ted Lissalder
Description:
A welded steel structure composed of five two-dimensional panels, painted cobalt blue, with cut out shapes of Victorian-style towers and steeples. There is a flag on top of the tallest tower. At night, a pastel glow emits from the four windows in the panels where neon lighting is concealed. The sculpture is set on a concrete foundation and is part of a larger landscaped traffic island design that includes a brick sidewalk, a limestone seating bench, a hedge of shrub roses, and daisies.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Architecture -- Detail -- Tower
Landscape -- Town
Allegory -- Place -- Highland
Architecture -- Detail -- Steeple
Object -- Other -- Flag
Architecture -- Detail -- Window
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Louisville, Louisville Development Authority, 600 West Main Street, Suite 300, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Located Highland Island, Baxter & Winter Avenues, Louisville, Kentucky
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $65,000, raised by the Highland Neighborhood Association through membership dues and fundraising projects, corporate donations, and $34,000 from the Fifth Ward's discretionary fund. Funding included $12,500 from the city government and $2,500 from the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts. The idea for the Highland Island Landmark Project arose out of an effort to improve the appearance of the traffic island. The artists consider the entire island a unified concept consisting of both the Turrets and the landscape design. The shrub roses refer to the area's original name, "Briar Patch," and the daisies recall a time when the area was rural. The artists were assisted by project general manager, N.I.L. Engineering, project construction manager, Mohammad B. Nouri, painter James Rollins, and the welding firm of Art Metal Works, owned by Bill Gast. The sculpture was dedicated on September 30, 1990 as part of the Highland Island festival, an annual street fair. The sculpture sits near the heart of the Highland Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
IAS files contain a transcript of a nearby plaque. IAS files contain an article from Louisville Magazine (Nov. 1990), pg. 11; and articles from The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) dated Oct. 11, 1989; Aug. 8, 1990, pg. 1, 7; Sept. 22, 1990, Metro sect.; Oct. 1, 1990, Metro sect.; and May 26, 1993, Neighborhoods sect., pg. 1. IAS files also contain the dedication program, and a fundraising flyer from the Highland Neighborhood Association.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), May 26, 1993, Neighborhoods sect., pg. 1.
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 KY000211
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