Avampato Discovery Museum 300 Leon Sullivan Way Charleston West Virginia 25301
Date:
1975
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1991.
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), June 12, 1984, pg. 1B.
Image on file.
Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), June 12, 1984, pg. 1B.
unsigned
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Summary:
An abstract/non-objective sculpture consisting of a serpentine brick wall divided into two segments, which together form a "U" shape. The sculpture rises out of the ground gradually from each end, reaching maximum height near the center. At the point of maximum height the sculpture is segmented. The sculpture is constructed in a way which suggests that the piece continues underground. The contour of the adjacent earth adds to the sense of the sculpture continuing below ground. The sculpture has a primitive quality which the title suggests.
