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Aycock, Alice,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick
Sculpture
The Miraculating Machine in the Garden, (sculpture).
Artist:
Aycock, Alice, 1946- , sculptor.
Title:
The Miraculating Machine in the Garden, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Towers of Winds, (sculpture).
Dates:
1982.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Neon, painted plexiglas, and cyclotron pipes.
Dimensions:
Approx. 26 x 20 x 20 ft.
Inscription:
(Inscribed:) The Miraculating Machine in the Garden/(Tower of Winds)/1982/Alice Aycock D'68
Description:
A 16 foot high structure with sounding devices, 26 ft. antennae, bells ringing in a vacuum, and cyclotron pipe system for sending vibration. IAS files contain excerpt from "Complex Visions: Sculptures and Drawings by Alice Aycock," Storm King Art Center, May 21-Oct. 31, 1990, which indicates one source for the work was a theory that "ether winds" radiate through all matter and provide the electro-magnetic energy which animates everything. The overall structure comes from a clock and furnace, with details taken from the Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Rutgers University, Facilities Design, Landscape Architecture Division, Building 41-15, Livingston campus, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
Located Douglass College, North side of Douglass College Library, New Brunswick, New Jersey
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 NJ000009
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