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Fun to Know Facts about Art Spaces, Inc.'s Sculpture Collection

Flame of the Millenniumby Leonardo NiermanLocated on Historic National Road (U.S. 40) on the campus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology -

5500 Wabash Avenue.

The sculpture created from stainless steel reflects the pool of water underneath it capturingdifferent colors.

This was the first sculpture added to the Art Spaces collection.

Artist Leonardo Nierman lives in Mexico City and works in a variety of media including paint,stained glass and tapestry, but most of his large scale outdoor works are stainless steel.

His education in physics and mathematics and his study of the psychology of color and musichave helped to shape his artistic style.

Treeby Mark WallisLocated on Historic National Road (U.S. 40) at Memorial Stadium Grounds near the corner of Brown

and Wabash Avenues. This is also the location of 101 Trees of Indianaat theIndiana Mile.

This piece is located nearby native trees and shrubs of Indiana, chosen based on a book called101 !ative Trees of Indiana and 16 Shrubsby Dr. Marion Jackson.

They are planted around "The Indiana Mile" and each tree has a plaque identifying the tree.

The "Indiana Mile" trail has the same shape as the State of Indiana, and is one mile long.

The scale of the art work had to be significant enough that people in autos traveling on NationalRoad U.S. 40 alongside the park would see the monumental black forms and discern that,indeed, this sculpture represented something to stop and look at.

From one side, the forms spell out the word "tree."


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Composite House for Terre Hauteby Lauren EwingLocated on Historic National Road (U.S. 40) in Gilbert Park -14 1/2 Street and Wabash Avenue

This sculpture was made to honor a type of house common to Terre Haute 100 years ago.

The limestone it is made of came from Indiana. It is called Oolitic Limestone and is usedthroughout the world.

This type of house was common because of its ability to adapt, to fit any lot configuration andget natural light into the maximum number of rooms.

Most popular between 1890 and 1910, it provided residences for families forming the core of

the city's working population at the turn of the century.

You can still find this type of Victorian cottage in Terre Haute's oldest neighborhoods. Thereare one or two examples found near Collett Park, but most of these houses are found around

near Gilbert Park.

Spirit of Spaceby Bob EmserLocated on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor at the Swope Art Museum - 25 South 7th Street

This sculpture is inspired by the artist's interest in airplane flight.

His father was a mechanical engineer and Bob grew up playing with machine parts. He and hisfather made model airplanes together.

Spirit of Spaceis made of stainless steel and painted aluminum (with the same kind of strong

paint that is used to paint real airplanes). Like many of his sculptures it is a reference to thepioneering spirit of aviation and nautical history.

His works are also symbols of his personal experiences.


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Gatekeeperby Sally RogersLocated on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor at Vigo County Public Library - Poplar and 7th Streets.

This sculpture provides a nice warm welcome to visitors of the library.

It also serves as a "gateway" to those who are entering the Arts Corridor in downtown TerreHaute.

It is made out of stainless steel and warm stone, Dakota mahogany granite, which is eye-catching to those who pass it.

From certain directions it looks like an arch, but the top points don't actually meet. This creates

a different feeling and energy than a closed arch.

For Terre Haute this piece stands as a symbol of the renewed energy taking place in the artscommunity and throughout the downtown.

Emanating Connectionsby Chakaia BookerLocated on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor on the campus of Indiana State University near the New

Theater - 540 North 7th Street.

This sculpture is made out of used tires. The artist cuts the tires up, which is very hard to do,and anchors the pieces to a stainless steel form she has created in her studio.

She decides the form of the steel in advance, and then works with the rubber piece by piece,deciding on the whole look of the piece as she goes.

Chakaia's relationship to the material is personal, careful and meaningful. She grew upwatching her grandmother sewing things out of scraps of fabric.

The artist wants you to create your own meaning from looking at this sculpture.

In her work a normally gritty and utilitarian material (tire rubber), becomes a textured andcomplex sculpture material. It invites us to examine our assumptions about pattern, texture,

and function and maybe assumptions about other things we think we know, as well.


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Runnerby Doug KornfeldLocated on the campus of Indiana State University at the Student Recreation Center, 601 North 6th St.

The artist, Doug Kornfeld, believes that in 100 years the works of art that we create today will

be the heritage that tells people in the future who we were, what we were like, and, mostimportantly, what we cared about.

This sculpture may help to explain our society to those in the future. It may show that we caredabout both recreation and art.

He designed it to be enjoyed from both inside and outside of the building. From the swimming

pool inside, it looks like a big figure running past the building. A lot of Doug's work is based on internationally recognizable symbols.

He placed lights pointed at the sculpture so that people walking between it and the lights mayengage in shadow play with the sculpture's shadow on the wall.

Max Ehrmann at the Crossroadsby Bill WolfeLocated on Historic National Road (U.S. 40) at the Crossroads of America, the corner of 7th Street and

Wabash Avenue.

Max Ehrmann was a poet from Terre Haute known for "Desiderata" and other poems

He was known to sit about town on benches, writing. One place he sat was near this corner

where his sculpture now resides. The artist, Bill Wolfe, lives in West Terre Haute and is known for his historical life size bronze

sculptures. He is currently working on a sculpture of Larry Bird.

This life-size sculpture is in the heart of Terre Haute to celebrate the cultural life of thisMidwest City that helped other artists, writers, and musicians who also went on to be wellknown throughout the world. Even today there are many artists, writers and musicians living

and working here. Maybe they will be as well known as Max someday.

Visitors to "our Max" as we call him, may also read his poem Desiderata, as well as sit withhim on the bench. Many people have their picture taken with him, and we encourage people to

send us those photos to [email protected].


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Light of Hope and Healing by Meg WhiteLocated in the lobby of Hux Cancer Center at Union Hospital, 1711 North 6 1/2 Street.

This sculpture is the only indoor piece in the Art Spaces collection.

The Hux Center at Union Hospital is a healing center and they are very focused on helpingpeople to recover from cancer.

It was created to give cancer patients hope, comfort, and inspiration during this challenging

time for them, their family and friends. People can see it as they enter the building as well asfrom one of the main waiting rooms.

It is dedicated to the Hux Cancer Center Staff who work so hard on a daily basis to give careand comfort to cancer patients.

The black granite base symbolizes the illness. The man, woman, boy and girl are those whohope to achieve wellness. The bronze sphere that they stand on represents the medicine whichattempts to heal them. The lighted globe represents joy, hope and love. The people reach for the

lighted globe to lift them up from the disease.

Free Flyby Bob EvansLocated on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor just south of the corner of Ohio and 7th Streets.

This sculpture was acquired by the Swope Art Museum in 1977 through the 33rd AnnualWabash Valley Exhibition as a Sculpture Award.

The artist, Bob Evans, taught sculpture and drawing at Indiana State University for 35 years.

Free Flywas created using three propeller blades that Bob found. Through studying the curvesand purpose of the propeller blades he created a sculpture that symbolizes "man's dream of

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It is just one of many sculptures owned by the Swope. The others are mostly indoors.Admission to the Swope, like visiting the Art Spaces Collection, is free of charge and all ages

are welcome.

A Chorus of Trumpetsby Howard KalishLocated on the campus of Indiana State University on the Rankin Plaza, 200 North 7th Street.

This sculpture was created to welcome people to the Indiana State University campus and toTilson Music Hall, located in Rankin Plaza.

Musicians and performers have been coming to the Tilson Music Hall for over 70 years. TheTerre Haute Symphony Orchestra and many other groups perform there today.

The rounded ends represent the bells of a trumpet.

They are made from tinted urethane; other parts of the sculpture are aluminum and steel.

The artist had to make a sculpture that would not weigh too much because it is placed on a"green roof." Underneath the ground is the ISU Computer Lab.

The title "Chorus" is represented through the many different colors because a chorus has manydifferent parts.

He chose a round form (called a sphere) because he felt it worked well with the buildings

around the location.

Renewalby Tim UphamLocated at the corner of 5th and Cherry streets at the ISU Foundation office - 30 N. 5th Street.

Artists were asked to create a sculpture that represents one or more of the symbols of ISU: abook, a torch, or a sycamore leaf.


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The sycamore leaf has been a long-term symbol for ISU, but also the sycamore tree has beennative to Terre Haute, a symbol of growth and regeneration

Viewers will only notice that the sculpture is a sycamore leaf by standing directly underneath it.It looks very different depending on where you see it from.

It is made of painted steel and flattened blue glass marbles.

It is lit at night by a light that can turn the whole sculpture blue, ISU's color.

ISU Sphere by Brandon Zebold

Located on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor on the campus of Indiana State University at Holmstedt Hall,620 North Chestnut Street.

Up close to this sculpture, you can see different symbols for ISU and Terre Haute, such as the

Wabash River, a sycamore tree, and even some crows.

The artist challenges viewers to try to figure out the different symbols created by both thenegative and positive spaces.

The sphere sits on a granite boulder which creates tension for the viewers because it seems as if

it might roll off. But it is very well anchored underground. This piece is made from the artist's favorite kind of steel, corten steel or weathering steel. It

rusts in a natural way, and creates a very beautiful orange-brown color, after it has been out in

the weather for a while.

He draws the shapes he wants on the sphere and then cuts them out from the inside. The sphereis 5 feet in diameter, and he is taller than 5 feet, so it was very uncomfortable for him to be in

there. It took him hundreds of ours to cut out all of the designs.

Art Spaces loves to hear what people think about the sculptures. Anyone canwrite to us at [email protected]. We will answer emails.

Thank you for visiting our sculpture collection, in person or on-line!

www.wabashvalleyartspaces.com

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