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Seed Pod Benches
2010
ROBERT TULLY (AMERICAN)
Steel and Limestone
Horn Hall
These benches appear like seed pod structures, casually
arranged under the trees as if fallen to the ground. The
sculptures provide a strong, simple visual, while also providing
functional seating. As viewers sit on the artwork, it takes on a
new complexity. They become part of the artwork, which raises
open-ended questions about their relationship with the trees.
Are the trees producing the people or the other way around?
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Universal Signs
2004
BARBARA GRYGUTIS (AMERICAN)
Granite and Limestone
Jones AT&T Stadium (West), Stangel/Murdough Hall, Knapp Hall
Inspired by the flat landscape of West Texas, Grygutis designed
the punctuation signs of this low horizontal sculptural seating in
Texas granite and limestone. From cartoon books to abbreviated
Internet communications, human emotions and action are often
reduced to symbolic punctuation signs. The artist’s placement of
the symbols capture the wide range and grand scale of conflicting
emotions inspired by football (Jones AT&T Stadium) and life on
a college campus (Stangel/Murdough Hall and Knapp Hall).
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