Monumentalment IV

Monumentalment IV
Artist Gary Freeman
Year 1981 (1981)
Type Steel
Dimensions 690 cm × 390 cm × 48 cm (270 in × 154 in × 19 in)
Location Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Owner Indianapolis Art Center

Monumentalment IV, is a public sculpture by American artist Gary Freeman, located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture was surveyed in 1992 by the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program.[1][2]

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Description

The sculpture, painted red-orange metal, thrusts upward from a rectangular concrete base. The work is made of irregularly shaped triangles and rectangles bolted to the base with curved tubes (42 x 114 x 34 in.).[1]

A plaque underneath the artwork is inscribed:

GARY FREEMAN
MONUMENTALMENT IV
1981[1]

Acquisition

In 1979 the Indianapolis Art League (currently the Indianapolis Art Center), commissioned Freeman to construct Monumentalment IV using both public and private funds. The piece was completed in 1981 and installed in front of the building.[3] The artwork currently sits on the west lawn of the Indianapolis Arts Center grounds.[2][4]

ARTSPARK

This sculpture is is one of 27 artworks in the IAC's ARTSPARK which, "brings art, artists and the community together through interactive sculptures in an open–air setting."[4][1]

Artist

Main Article: Gary Freeman

Condition

The sculpture was surveyed in November of 1992 by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program and was described needing treatment.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1992). "Monumentalment IV (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!309306~!0#focus. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Indianapolis Art Center (2009). "ARTSPARK Sculptures". ARTSPARK. Indianapolis Art Center. http://www.indplsartcenter.org/userfiles/File/ARTSPARK_harndout_0209.pdf. Retrieved 4 April 2010. 
  3. ^ Greiff, Glory-June (2005). "Remembrance, Faith & Fancy; Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana". Indiana Historical Society Press. 
  4. ^ a b "ARTSPARK A magical composition of art and nature." Indianapolis Arts Center. Viewed on November 25, 2009. http://www.indplsartcenter.org/Visit_Us/ARTSPARK/
Indianapolis Art Center outdoor artworks
Ascent the Wind • Black Titan • Circle • Confluence • Dawnsong • Delivering Life • Empire Towers • Gypsy Rose • Imploding Cube • Monumentalment IV • Palm Tree Serenade • P.R.I.D.E. #1 • Piggy • Primary Elevator • Radar No. 3 • Restful Place • Slightly Romanesque/Newhall 43 • Sometimes I Sits • Still Life With Sticks • Stone Swing • Styroform #5 • Twin Spheres • Twisted House • Vicarious • Wings
Broken Walrus I  • Broken Walrus II  • For Endless Trees  • Monumentalment IV