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    		• Shows, Andrew,
     
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    		• Brown, Bruce,
     
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    		• Bruce Brown Company,
     
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    		• Mythology -- American Indian
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Kolowisi, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Shows, Andrew, sculptor.
    Brown, Bruce, contractor.
    Bruce Brown Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Kolowisi, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned Dec. 17, 1980. Installed April 1983. Dedicated June 15, 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Enameled steel plates.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 12 ft. 6 in. x L. 65 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back end of tail:) "KOLOWISI"/ANDREW SHOWS/BRUCE BROWN/CO/JEREMY, LYSSA, & RACHEL (On plaque, front middle of snake:) CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE/1%/FOR ART/ANDREW SHOWS/Kolowisi, 1983 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A colossal red snake made of steel plates in an abstract, cubist form. The snake sits on a sidewalk and is parallel to the street. The snake's body zigzags along the sidewalk both vertically and horizontally. The middle section of the body makes four arches over the sidewalk, through which a pedestrian can walk. The snake's head has a small rounded hump for the eye and its mouth is open. The tail is a series of six cubes which decrease in size. The inner surfaces of the snake are orange.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- American Indian -- Kolowisi
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Zuni
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, P. O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103
    Located Lomas at 8th Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    "Kolowisi" is the Zuni name for "Plumed Serpent." The sculpture was funded by the city of Albuquerque's Percent for Arts program. Cost of the sculpture was $11,875.00. The steel plates were salvaged from the floor of a factory warehouse. Bruce Brown helped cut each of the 13 different sections. The pieces were then brought to the Lomas Street site and welded into one piece on location.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico 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 NM000447
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