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Beautiful U Day |
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Public Art at Boynton
In celebration of
Beautiful U Day, Boynton Health Service proudly announces the
commissioning of artist TETSUYA YAMADA who
will be creating a permanent public artwork at our facility. The
artwork is scheduled to be completed in October 2005.
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An artist talk and reception was held on April 21,
2005 at Boynton Health Service. Tetsuya Yamada shared insights on
his past work and ideas for a new permanent public artwork at
Boynton Health Service. View photos from the
event.
The project is a partnership of Boynton Health
Service and the
Public Art on Campus Program at the Weisman Art Museum, in
celebration of Beautiful U Day at the University of Minnesota.
Right: Tetsuya Yamada, Equilibrium (2001),
stoneware and wood, 65”x29”x13”. Photo credit: Mike Godsil. |
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Photos from the Artist
Talk and Reception on Beautiful U Day, April
21, 2005.
Click on the thumbnails below to view a
larger version.
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Tetsuya Yamada |
Tetsuya's
Presentation |
Opening
Presentation |
Plenty of cake
in celebration of
Beautiful U Day
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Tetsuya Yamada |
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Ceramic plumbing parts, industrial mechanization, and
workmanship of both hand-made and industrial objects are
where Minnesota artist Tetsuya Yamada finds inspiration.
A recent addition to the University of Minnesota Art
Department faculty, Yamada was selected to create a
permanent public artwork for the lobby of Boynton Health
Service at the University of Minnesota. |
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The artwork is possible because of the foresight and
imagination of the Director of the Mental Health Clinic,
Gary Christenson. Christenson organized a unique
collaboration between Boynton Health Services, the
Public Art on Campus Program at the Weisman Art
Museum and the Beautiful U Day Program, to fund the
project. As part of the campus wide Beautiful U Day
celebration, on April 21, noon Tetsuya Yamada will talk
about his past work and his ideas for the artwork at
Boynton Health Services. |
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Yamada is a traditionally trained potter and a
contemporary sculptor, who has a fascination with how
pottery contributes to the organization of our everyday
lives. Three of his most recent works were inspired by
his experience working at an industrial facility in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he immersed himself in the
manufacturing process of making ordinary, utilitarian
objects. The experience resulted in the exhibition
titled, “Chant: Beyond the Ready-made”, an installation
of objects he made using plaster plumbing parts. |
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His work is held in the collections of the International
Museum of Ceramic Art in New York; the San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts in San Angelo Texas; and in the Portland
Art Museum in Portland, Main. He won the Louis Comfort
Tiffany Foundation, 2001 Biennial Competition award. |
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The Public Art on Campus Program |
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The Public Art on Campus Program was established in 1988
to enhance the physical and aesthetic environment at the
University of Minnesota by commissioning or purchasing
works of art for public spaces inside or outside
buildings. Since its inception, the collection has grown
to include dozens of artswork on the Minneapolis and St.
Paul campuses including work by John Roloff, Ann
Hamilton, Janet Zweig, Eduardo Kac, Jackie Ferrara,
Athena Tacha, and Ed Carpenter.
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The primary goal of the program is to educate
students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the University
campus by commissioning artists to create works of art,
which challenge the intellect as well as delight the
eye. It is also a goal to encourage site-specific works
of art, which engage the surrounding environment.
See website for images from the program:
http://www.weisman.umn.edu/public/public.html
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