Administered by Utah Arts Council Statewide Collection 617 East South Temple Salt Lake City Utah 84102
Located Triad Center South Temple Street Salt Lake City Utah
Date:
Commissioned 1992-1993. June 1993. Copyrighted 1993. Dedicated June 21, 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Lower right side of the right-most glass prism:) Janet Shapero/(copyright symbol) 1993 signed
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Summary:
A site-specific abstract sculpture composed of one large central stone, with three smaller satellite stones. Three glass prisms rise out of the central stone and are sandblasted with petroglyphic images related to the Ute Indians. Included are images of a hobbled horse (symbolic of the binding of Native-American people), etched hands (symbolic of death), a bulls-eye (representing the reservation); a bear dance (symbol of the future), a ladle (to symbolize water or life); and birds (representing man's rise above his tribulations). The stones are placed in such a manner as to mark the shadows cast by the setting sun at summer and winter solstice, and to indicate the direction of Fort Duchesne.
