Echo Gate
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| artist = Ean Eldred, Rigga
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| year = {{start date|2001}}
| type = Sculpture
| material = Copper
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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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Echo Gate is an outdoor 2001 sculpture by Ean Eldred and the architectural firm Rigga, located along the Eastbank Esplanade in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was funded by the City of Portland Development Commission's Percent for Art program, and is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Description
File:Echo Gate plaque (2015).jpg
Echo Gate, designed by Ean Eldred and Rigga and installed under the Morrison Bridge in southeast Portland in 2001, is made of copper and measures {{Convert|13|ft|m}} x {{Convert|9|ft|m}} x {{Convert|7|ft|m}}. The abstract gateway features a round opening within a folder rectangle.{{cite web|title=Echo Gate, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!369002~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092610/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!369002~!0#focus|url-status=live}} The Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, offers the following description: "This artwork is a gate oriented to both the pathway and the river. A sculptural hybrid echoing past pier buildings, the Shanghai tunnels and marine barnacles, it becomes both crenellation and crustacean. The sculpture gives human scale to this immense site and suggests bending an ear to the river amidst the rushing decibels of the freeway."{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Echo Gate|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1842.179|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075511/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1842.179|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Echo Gate|url=https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Echo-Gate|publisher=Public Art Archive|access-date=September 30, 2014}}
The piece was funded by the City of Portland Development Commission's Percent for Art program, and is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Echo Gate, 2001|url=http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06416|publisher=cultureNOW|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101800/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06416|url-status=live}} The sculpture is one of four by Rigga along the esplanade; the others are Alluvial Wall by Peter Nylen, Ghost Ship by James Harrison and Stack Stalk by Ean Eldred.{{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}}
See also
- 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://web.archive.org/web/20141006113837/http://racc.org/sites/default/files/NewPublicArtBrochure07.pdf Portland Cultural Tours: Public Art Walking Tour], pg. 3 (PDF)
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Category:2001 establishments in Oregon
Category:Abstract sculptures in Oregon
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