Contact II
{{Short description|Sculpture in Portland, Oregon}}
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| artist = Alexander Liberman
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| year = {{start date|1972}}
| type = Sculpture
| material = Steel
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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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Contact II is an outdoor 1972 abstract sculpture by Russian American artist Alexander Liberman, located at Jamison Square in the Pearl District, Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|title=Contact II, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!368979~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=November 8, 2014}}
Description
The painted steel sculpture measures {{Convert|7|ft|m}} x {{Convert|8|ft|m}} x {{Convert|5|ft|m}} and was donated by Ed Cauduro in 2002 in memory of his parents Ernest and Teresa Cauduro.{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Contact II|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1899.204|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=November 8, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Jamison Square|url=http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?&propertyid=1140&action=ViewPark|publisher=Portland Parks & Recreation|access-date=November 8, 2014}} It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Contact II, 1972|url=http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=06421&seo=Contact-II_Alexander-Liberman-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council|publisher=cultureNOW|access-date=November 8, 2014}} According to The Culture Trip, Contact II is "representative of Liberman's oeuvre as it is painted in red and its form centres on a circular shape, both of which were often repeated in his works".{{cite web|last1=Pearce|first1=Melissa|title=Community Creativity: Public Art in Portland|url=http://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/oregon/articles/community-creativity-public-art-in-portland/|publisher=The Culture Trip|access-date=November 8, 2014}}
File:Contact II plaque, Portland, 2015.jpg|Plaque
File:Jamison Square covered in snow Feb 2014 - viewed from south.jpg|The sculpture in February 2014
See also
{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141109001044/http://www.publicartarchive.org/work/contact-ii Contact II] at the Public Art Archive
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145643/http://racc.org/sites/default/files/ArtWalk_2014.pdf A Guide to Portland Public Art] (PDF), Regional Arts & Culture Council
{{Alexander Liberman}}
{{Pearl District, Portland, Oregon}}
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:Abstract sculptures in Oregon
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Northwest Portland, Oregon
Category:Pearl District, Portland, Oregon