Alluvial Wall
{{Short description|Sculpture in Portland, Oregon}}
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| artist = Peter Nylen, Rigga
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| year = {{start date|2001}}
| type = Sculpture
| material = Mild steel, cast silicon bronze, cast iron, electric light
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| city = Portland, Oregon, United States
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| owner = City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council
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Alluvial Wall is an outdoor 2001 sculpture by Peter Nylen and the architectural firm Rigga located along the Eastbank Esplanade in Portland, Oregon.
Description
File:Alluvial Wall plaque (2015).jpg
The sculpture is made of mild steel, cast silicon bronze, cast iron and electric light, and measures {{Convert|1|ft|m}}, {{Convert|6|in|cm}} x {{Convert|3|ft|m}} x {{Convert|13|ft|m}}, {{Convert|6|in|cm}}. It was funded by the City of Portland Development Commission's Percent for Art program.{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Alluvial Wall|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1841.229|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104054348/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1841.229|url-status=live}}
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, Alluvial Wall "alludes to the interwoven layers of the river's pre-industrial alluvial geology. It is an echo of the natural shape of the river before Portland was Portland." In her walking tour of Portland, one author said the sculpture resembles "what you might see on a beach after the tide goes out". Its copper "kelp-like strips" are embedded with black metal objects, including a child's ball, a morel mushroom and a railroad spike.{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Sybilla Avery|title=Walking Portland, Oregon|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=186|isbn=9780762794119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA186|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=February 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228172646/https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA186|url-status=live}}
The sculpture is one of four by Rigga along the esplanade; the others are Echo Gate and Stack Stalk by Ean Eldred and Ghost Ship by James Harrison.{{cite web|title=Eastbank Esplanade|url=http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?&propertyid=105&action=viewpark|publisher=City of Portland, Oregon|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104071715/http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?&propertyid=105&action=ViewPark|url-status=live}} Alluvial Wall is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Alluvial Wall, 2001|url=http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06415%26seo%3DAlluvial-Wall_Peter-Nylen-RIGGA-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council-and-Percent-for-Art-City-of-Portland|publisher=cultureNOW|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104081707/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06415%26seo%3DAlluvial-Wall_Peter-Nylen-RIGGA-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council-and-Percent-for-Art-City-of-Portland|url-status=live}}
See also
{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}
- 2001 in art
- Statue of Vera Katz, a 2006 sculpture of Vera Katz along the Eastbank Esplanade
References
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External links
- [https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Alluvial-Wall Alluvial Wall] at the Public Art Archive
{{Buckman, Portland, Oregon}}
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:2001 establishments in Oregon
Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Category:Buckman, Portland, Oregon
Category:Iron sculptures in the United States