Earth and Sky Garden, (sculpture).

Earth and Sky Garden, (sculpture).

Eldred, Dale, 1933-1993, sculptor.

Earth and Sky Garden, (sculpture).

1993. Dedicated Oct. 13, 1994.

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Mixed media, including stainless steel/glass diffraction planes, granite and bronze.

Sculpture includes interior and exterior elements. At the entrance, refraction panels are mounted on a steel pedestal and project the colors of the visible spectrum on the walls above the entrance. The planes in the lobby are bordering roof level windows and project the spectrum colors on the lobby area walls. The diffraction planes in the central courtyard function similarly. Also in the courtyard, there is a steel pendulum suspended over a bronze cone mounted on a granite block. In the hallway flanking the courtyard, there are a series of plexiglass bonnets containing cones surfaced with pigments representing the colors of the visible range. The plexiglass bonnets are supported by steel rods.

Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial

Landscape -- Garden

Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa

Coadministered by Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Art in State Buildings Program, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Coadministered by University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620

Located University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida

Commissioned by the University of South Florida and financed with funds from the Art in State Buildings Program. IAS files include an article from the Public Art Review, issue 10, v. 5 no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1994) and a copy of the journal Edgewise (April/May 1994).

Nearby marker reads: DALE ELDRED (1933-1993)/Earth and Sky Garden, 1993/Light refraction panels/mixed media/Dimensions variable/Purchased 1993 with funds provided by/Florida's Art in State Buildings Program/F.S.255.043.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1994.

Porter, Joy, "Art Public: an Interview with Vincent Ahern," Edgewise (Tampa, FL) Document no. 2, Architecture (April/May 1994), pg. 17.

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