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The Public Abandons Philosophy (sculpture). Artist:  Gilhooly, David, 1943-2013, sculptor. Mezey, Robert, author. Title:  The Public Abandons Philosophy (sculpture). Other Titles:  Pigeons Acquire Philosophy, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  2 parts. (First part: approx. 8 x 20 x 19 in.); (Second part: approx. 6 x 19 x 20 in.). Inscription:  (On newspapers and plaques:) The Public Abandons Philosophy/Bargains, odds and ends for sale/Double breasted suit of mail/Half a sandwich, slightly stale./Unused crucifixion nail./Hard rain to fall on U.S.A./Shortly, headless farmers say./Man and woman/Beast and human/All too common/Pigeons Acquire Philosophy/All of time's productions must/Wither soon and turn to dust./Art appears the one exception/Seers and scientists nonplussed./Maybe legal, hardly tender,/Mutters one repeat offender./Let there be light/But not too much/We do our best/Work in the dark unsigned Description:  Two sculptures placed in a grassy area in a corporate plaza. "The Public Abandons Philosophy" depicts a small stack of cast off newspapers in which sit two half eaten sandwiches and a slice of pizza. "Pigeons Acquire Philosophy" depicts three pigeons situated on or near a similar newspaper stack. A broken egg also sits on the papers. Poetry appears on the plaque and on the newspapers. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Pigeon Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper Object -- Foodstuff -- Sandwich Object -- Foodstuff -- Pizza Object -- Foodstuff -- Egg Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Philosophy Literature -- Mezey -- The Public Abandons Philosophy Literature -- Mezey -- Pigeons Acquire Philosophy Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Community Redevelopment Agency, Art Program, 354 South Spring Street, 7th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Citicorp Center, 7th & Figueroa, Poets' Walk, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  One of seven sculptural collaborations between artists and poets that make up the "Poets' walk" series throughout Citicorp Plaza. Series was funded and commissioned by the Prudential Realty Group at an approximate cost of $1.3 million. Lucoff/Lewis Advisors in the Visual Arts were consultants. References:  Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, 2008. Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA000451   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000451 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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