Salmon Run 1990-91, (sculpture).

Salmon Run 1990-91, (sculpture).

Wareham, William, 1941- , sculptor.

Salmon Run 1990-91, (sculpture).

Sculpture: water heaters, and ladder, painted; Base: concrete.

(On top of sculpture's base plate, raised lettering, in script:) Wareham 1990 signed

A colorfully painted abstract sculpture made from salvaged materials, with four, stacked, crushed water heaters with welded ends, and a twisted ladder to one side of them. The blocks are painted white with patches of red, pale blue, yellow, orange and black on one side, and mostly blues and white on the reverse side. The ladder is geometrically painted black and white. The sculpture is bolted to a grey-painted base plate, and mounted upon a two-tiered, rectangular base.

Allegory -- Place -- Rivers

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco

Administered by Norcal Waste Systems, Golden Gate Disposal Company, Artist-in-Residence Program, 900 Seventh Street, San Francisco, California 94107

Located Golden Gate Disposal Company, Seventh & Berry Streets, San Francisco, California

The sculpture was created under Norcal's first artist-in-residence program. The program was created to draw attention to the solid waste crisis and promote conservation of refuse. The sculpture was created from waste collected at the disposal facility and was part of an exhibition sponsored by Norcal Waste Systems and Victor Fischer Galleries entitled "Make Art, Not Landfill."

IAS files contain articles from World Wastes (July 1990): pg. 16; and the San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 1990, pg. A4; and flyer from the Sanitary Fill Company entitled "Make Art Not Landfill, An Exhibition of Sculpture from Scrap, The Fine Art of Salvage: The Artist in Residence Program."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.

World Wastes (July 1990): pg. 16.

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