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Tempus Pons, (sculpture). Artist:  Floyd, Carl, 1936- , sculptor. Macalla, Eric, assistant. Bliss, Rob, assistant. Todd, Catherine, assistant. Title:  Tempus Pons, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Time Bridge, (sculpture). On Common Ground, (sculpture). Dates:  1985. Dedicated Oct. 26, 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: ceramic tile, concrete, stone; Base: concrete. Inscription:  (On each ceramic tile: signature of child artist) signed Description:  A multipart, abstract sculpture composed of a stone table with concrete seating cubes or "chairs"; a colonnade of concrete columns with stone slabs lying on top, reminiscent of a Greek temple; and a free-standing, four-way, gothic arch. The columns, the inside of the arch, and the "chairs" are covered with approximately 800 brightly-colored, 6 x 6 inch and 12 x 12 inch, glazed ceramic tiles. The tiles, each created and signed by individual children, depict various symbols, shapes and scenes. Rough-hewn, bench-like structures of stone and concrete are placed nearby. Subject:  Abstract Architecture -- Detail -- Column Architecture -- Detail -- Arch Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Furniture -- Table Object -- Furniture -- Bench Architecture -- Classical -- Temple Allegory -- Time -- Past Allegory -- Time -- Future Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Bench Arch Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Located Market Square Park, Northwest corner of West 25th Street & Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by a $60,000 grant from the Ohio Arts Council, with an additional $20,000 funded for site preparation. The artist was assisted by Cleveland Institute of Art students Rob Bliss, Catherine Todd and Eric Macalla. The artist involved over 1,000 people from the Near West Side community of Cleveland. Individual residents and children designed tiles that are part of the sculpture. According to the artist, the tiles provided a place for residents to portray part of their family traditions. The sculpture represents the ancient joining with the future. People sit and sleep on the sculpture. Nearby plaque reads: "TEMPUS PONS"/"Tempus Pons," Dedicated on/October 26, 1985/To the people of the Near West Side/and to the Recipients of the First/Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio '84:/Frances C. Day, Springfield Rubbermaid Incorporated, Wooster/Richard C. McCauley, Dayton City of Sandusky/Janyce Hyatt, Meadville, Pennsylvania Jonathan Kramer, Cincinnati Marvin S. Kobacker, Toledo Amiaah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Columbus/WCLV(...transcription illegible). IAS files contain related articles from the Plain Press (Cleveland, OH), Nov. 1985; the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Oct. 10, 1984, pg. 9-D; and the West Side Sun News (Cleveland, OH), Feb. 21, 1985, pg. A1-A2, and Sept. 5, 1985, pg. B1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland 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 OH000539   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000539 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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