A public art display at Kansas University’s Chi Omega fountain has been named as one of the year’s 40 best in the U.S. and Canada by a nonprofit arts group.
Americans for the Arts, an arts advocacy group, chose the 40 works for its 2010 Public Art in Review Project. The works represented 29 cities in 15 states.
The KU display, “Frozen Assets,” involved arcs of about 1,000 empty water bottles, and has been displayed during the last two winters on the fountain.
The sculpture was created by 2009 KU fine arts graduate Matthew Farley, in a class taught by John Hachmeister, associate professor of sculpture.
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guppypunkhead (anonymous) says…
Picture....?
wmathews (Whitney Mathews) replies…
Good suggestion. I found a file photo in our system and added it.
backyardwino (anonymous) says…
Congratulations, Matt!
whats_going_on (anonymous) says…
that was pretty cool, I hope they do that again this winter
ckennedy (christy kennedy) says…
Very cool. Nice it got noticed.
whatadrag (anonymous) says…
Lest we forget the courage, honor, and sacrifice of our fellow recyclers
oneeye_wilbur (anonymous) says…
That is one of the nicest things on campus when was installed. It goes to show what a bit of trash can turn into as opposed to a lot of money for the "gateway" entrance near the union.
This "sculpture" was truly someones trash turned into a treasure . The gateway fountain was someone's treasure turned into trash.
hujiko (anonymous) says…
love it, congrats!
Kontum1972 (anonymous) says…
Real Cool....
Whitney call Guggenheim ...!
Mb, we can have Christo do KU..love the AT&T commercial.
Eldon Tefft are you out there?