Constellation (sculpture series) explained
| Constellation |
| Artist: | Tad Savinar |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates: | 45.5308°N -122.6536°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Constellation is a series of outdoor 2000 bronze sculptures by American artist Tad Savinar, installed at Holladay Park in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The work's three "distinct elements" include:
- Constellation (Vase of Flowers) or Constellation: Flowers from a Neighborhood Garden,[1] a slender vase of daisies, hydrangeas and other flowers;
- Constellation (Molecule) or Constellation: Isolated Molecule for a Good Neighborhood,[2] an abstract molecule representing a "good neighborhood"; and
- Constellation: Neighborhood Gardiner or simply Constellation, a female figure carrying gardening shears.[3] [4]
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the installation, "This project attempts to illustrate the connection between the personal front yard garden and the civic park/garden."[3] The figure depicts a neighborhood activist (Carolyn Marks Backs or Carolyn Marks-Bax, depending on the source).[3] [4] The decision to visualize backs and the objects depicted in the molecule were chosen by the Sullivan Gulch Neighborhood Association. Objects include a bagel, coffee mug, garden tool, house, milk carton, school, a family, and trees.[2] Constellation was funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program.[3] It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[5]
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- Web site: Constellation: Flowers from a Neighborhood Garden, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 31, 2015. March 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307030144/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!369018~!0#focus. live.
- Web site: Constellation: Isolated Molecule for a Good Neighborhood, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 31, 2015. March 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032517/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!369017~!0#focus. live.
- [Regional Arts & Culture Council]
- Web site: Constellation: Neighborhood Gardiner, (sculpture).. Smithsonian Institution. May 31, 2015. March 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031517/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!369016~!0#focus. live.
- cultureNOW:
- Web site: Constellation, 2000. cultureNOW. May 31, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090255/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06404%26seo%3DConstellation_Tad-Savinar-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council. live.
- Web site: Constellation (Molecule), 2000. cultureNOW. May 31, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104808/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06425%26seo%3DConstellation-Molecule_Tad-Savinar-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council. live.
