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Eyes (nine elements)

Daniel Urban Kiley (American landscape architect, 1912-2004); Louise Bourgeois (French sculptor, 1911-2010)
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Alternative Title
Eyes
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/146229
Date
2001
Description
Detail, dedication plaque; In 2001, the 75th anniversary of the Williams College Museum of Art, the museum commissioned Eyes, a permanent outdoor public art installation by Louise Bourgeois with nine elements. WCMA worked with Bourgeois, her studio, and the Office of Dan Kiley, Landscape Architects and Planners on the site design. The work consists of four pairs of eyes and one monumental eye cluster formed from granite and bronze. Ranging in height from three to seven feet, some of the sculptures double as benches. The eyes are fitted with outdoor lighting, in the "pupils", and emanate bluish beams at night. Source: Williams College Museum of Art [website]; http://wcma.williams.edu/ (accessed 6/19/2012)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work); environmental art
Subject
contemporary (1960 to present), Art museums, confessional art, Twenty-first century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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