Ruins X

Ruins X
Artist Ernest Carl Shaw
Year 1978
Type stainless steel, anodized aluminum, gold-plated cables
Dimensions 290 cm × 290 cm × 560 cm (116 in × 114 in × 222 in)
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owner Haggarty Art Museum

Ruins X is a public art work created by American artist Ernest Carl Shaw and located at the Haggarty Art Museum on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The abstract sculpture is part of a series of works in which the artist explores concepts of weight, balance, and order.[2] It is located between Marquette's Haggarty Art Museum and Helfaer Theater.

References

  1. ^ "Ruins X, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog-SIRIS. Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=132527E617U7R.15325&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!27386~!1&ri=2&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=shaw+ruins+x&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=2. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Buck, Diane (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society. pp. 73-75. ISBN 087022766.