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Ruffner, Ginny,
Rutherford, David,
Armitstead, Paul,
Holt, Bill,
ARC Architects,
Abstract
Allegory -- Time
Ceremony -- Holiday
Animal -- Fish
Object -- Toy
Landscape -- Celestial
Landscape -- Celestial
Landscape -- Celestial
Landscape -- Mountain
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Allegory -- Senses
Allegory -- Senses
Allegory -- Senses
Allegory -- Senses
Allegory -- Senses
Figure -- Fragment
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Arch
Architectural component
Mural
Sculpture
The Unified Playing Field Theory, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ruffner, Ginny, 1952- , sculptor.
Rutherford, David, architect.
Armitstead, Paul, architect.
Holt, Bill, architect.
ARC Architects, architectural firm.
Title:
The Unified Playing Field Theory, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted steel, concrete, bronze, ceramic.
Dimensions:
Arch: approx. H. 26 ft.
Inscription:
(Cutout in arch:) SOUTH PARK/COMMUNITY/CENTER (On plaque:) Ginny Ruffner/THE UNIFIED PLAYING/FIELD THEORY/1989/Commissioned with Seattle Department/of Parks and Recreation/1 % for Arts Fund/City of Seattle/Charles Royer, Mayor
Description:
Site installation in a community center and park. A painted steel portal arches over the entrance to the park. Images on the abstract arch include a smiling moon with lightning bolts emanating from its back, a fish being poured out of a jar and cutouts of baseballs and basketballs. The steel arch is attached to concrete columns on either side of the entrance. The installation also includes design-cast bronze inlay for the sidewalks leading to the community center. Inlay designs depict each day of the year with holidays highlighted. Also inset in the sidewalks are letters of the alphabet and their corresponding symbols in Braille, Morse code and hand signs. The inlay designs continue through the entrance to the Center and into the lobby of the building where bronze symbols representing the solar system are inlaid in colored concrete. Surrounding the solar system are symbols for Washington state mountains, local wildlife, sports played at the center, and the human senses. Inside the locker rooms of the Center are ceramic murals featuring handprints of well-known local athletes and neighborhood children.
Subject:
Abstract
Allegory -- Time
Ceremony -- Holiday
Animal -- Fish
Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment
Landscape -- Celestial -- Planet
Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun
Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon
Landscape -- Mountain
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Allegory -- Senses -- Hearing
Allegory -- Senses -- Sight
Allegory -- Senses -- Smell
Allegory -- Senses -- Taste
Allegory -- Senses -- Touch
Figure -- Fragment -- Hand
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Arch
Architectural component
Mural
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
Located South Park Community Center, SW Thistle Street & Eighth Avenue South, Seattle, Washington
Remarks:
The installation was funded as part of the South Park Community Center Project by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation One Percent for Art program. The artwork has been incorporated into a game created by the artist that children can play. IAS files contain copy of related article from Seattle Times, Sept. 29, 1989.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 284.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 77, 186.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991 , pg. 187.
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 WA000547
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