{"216591":{"#nid":"216591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Welcomes Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty and staff taking their usual route across the Georgia Tech campus noticed something different this week: large-scale outdoor sculptures are popping up everywhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 12 sculptures installed last week are part of \u0022Engineered Art: An International Sculpture Exhibit at Georgia Tech,\u0022 a 15-piece international exhibition by various artists that is on loan to the Institute until June 2014. Three more sculptures will be installed during the next few weeks, including a soaring 50-foot steel piece titled \u201cLa Tour\u201d by the internationally acclaimed, Chattanooga-based sculptor John Henry, who also is the curator for the exhibition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHenry is known for his large-scale public sculptures. Since the early 1970s, he has produced monumental works of art for museums, cities, and public institutions across the United States, Europe, and Asia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHenry\u2019s style has been described as \u201chuge, welded steel drawings.\u201d He arranges linear and rectilinear elements that appear to defy gravity. Many of his works suggest a snapshot of arrested motion, where flying or tumbling elements are frozen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the sculptures were being installed, students stopped to ask Henry questions. \u201cA number of students asked \u2018what does it do?,\u2019\u201d said Henry. \u201cThat\u2019s an interesting question because people usually ask \u2018what is it?\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe location of each sculpture was chosen to complement Georgia Tech\u2019s lush and open green spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sculpture exhibition is part of Arts@Tech, an initiative to enhance the Georgia Tech community by fostering programs and events spanning the arts spectrum at the intersection of technological innovation and creative expression. The initiative is an outcome of the Institute\u2019s Strategic Plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is a pent-up desire by students to engage in the arts as evidenced by our tremendously talented musicians and the participation in the recent Art Crawl and Festival. The arts are expressions of creativity and result from the same design processes that our students follow, whether designing policies or instruments. This exhibit will promote conversation, debate, and appreciation of the creative spirit while making our beautiful campus even more interesting.\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, Georgia Tech provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, who helped bring the exhibit to campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sculpture exhibition is free and open to the public. Descriptive plaques for the pieces will be installed soon. Official unveiling celebrations are planned for next fall.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwelve sculptures installed on the Georgia Tech campus last week are part of a 15-piece international exhibition by various artists that is on loan to the Institute until June 2014. Three more sculptures will be installed during the next few weeks, including a soaring 50-foot steel piece titled \u201cLa Tour\u201d by the internationally acclaimed, Chattanooga-based sculptor John Henry, who also is the curator for the exhibition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 12 sculptures installed last week are part of a 15-piece international exhibition by various artists that is on loan to the Institute until June 2014."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2013-06-05 14:06:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:20","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"216381":{"id":"216381","type":"image","title":"\u0022Big Red Tumkin\u0022 by Verina Baxter","body":null,"created":"1449180114","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:54","changed":"1475894882","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:02","alt":"\u0022Big Red Tumkin\u0022 by Verina Baxter","file":{"fid":"197122","name":"sculpture_big_red_tumkin.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sculpture_big_red_tumkin_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sculpture_big_red_tumkin_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":166263,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sculpture_big_red_tumkin_0.jpg?itok=xS6kXI5G"}}},"media_ids":["216381"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/bY2jLIMedvP\/embed","title":"Time-lapse Video of \u0022Big Red Tumkin\u0022 Installation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"125","name":"art"},{"id":"64641","name":"arts@tech"},{"id":"63381","name":"exhibitions"},{"id":"171274","name":"sculptures"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}