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    		• Tuska, John,
     
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    		• Gron, Jack,
     
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    		• Oberlink, Scott,
     
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    		• Marsh, Andrew,
     
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    		• Tuska, Seth,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Illumine, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tuska, John, 1931- , sculptor.
    Gron, Jack, assistant.
    Oberlink, Scott, assistant.
    Marsh, Andrew, assistant.
    Tuska, Seth, assistant.
    Title: 
    Illumine, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed July 1995. Dedicated Aug. 25, 1995.
    Medium: 
    Silicon or silicone bronze with patinas.
    Dimensions: 
    Each figure: approx. H. 3 ft.; Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 52 ft. x 16 in. (3,500 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On back of figures: artist's signature) signed
    Description: 
    56 individual bronze figures in a variety of poses and actions - standing, kneeling, leaping, or frolicking - mounted on building facade. The figures are composed of polished silicone bronze, tinted with various patina colors, including oranges, greens, silvers, blacks, and deep rusty reds. The figures are mounted on facade of Fine Arts building.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure -- Full length
    Allegory -- Life
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Owned by Tuska, John, 147 Park Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40502
    Located University of Kentucky, Fine Arts building, on facade, Lexington, Kentucky 40506
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded by the Herman Lee and Nell Stuart Donovan Endowment. The sculpture serves as a tribute to John Tuska's thirty year career at the University as an art professor. The project evolved from a proposal the artist originally submitted in 1985. The sculptures were created under the direction of art department chair Jack Gron, with the help of student assistants, among them Scott Oberlink and Andrew Marsh. The work was cast at the University of Kentucky foundry. The artist's son, Seth Tuska, installed the piece on facade of the Fine Arts building in July of 1995. The sculpture's premise, according to the artist, is "the joy of human experience and of the human spirit." The dedication of the sculpture, on August 25, 1995, kicked off the 20th anniversary year of the College of Fine Arts. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication brochure and articles from Ace Magazine (Sept. 1995); and the Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), Aug. 26, 1995, pg. C1, C3.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Lexington Herald Leader, Aug. 26, 1995, C-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 KY000220
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