Field of Corn
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Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) is a publicly-funded art installation in the city of Dublin, Ohio. The installation consists of 109 concrete ears of corn positioned in rows and standing upright in a grassy field. At one end of the field are two rows of Osage-orange trees, one pre-existing and the other planted for the project. Sculpted by Malcolm Cochran,{{cite journal |first=David |last=Raskin |date=May 2000 |title=Malcolm Cochran at the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art |journal=Art in America |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=171}} with landscaping by Stephen Drown and James Hiss, Field of Corn was commissioned by the Dublin Arts Council and completed in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.greenmuseum.org/c/aen/Issues/cochran.php |first=Don |last=Krug |title=Ecological Design: Malcolm Cochran, Field of Corn (with Osage Orange) |work=Art & Ecology: Perspectives and Issues}}
The display site, named the Sam and Eulalia Frantz Park, was originally farmed by Sam Frantz, an inventor of several hybrid corn species, and was donated to the city in the late twentieth century. The art installation is partly a tribute to Sam Frantz and is also intended to remind visitors of Dublin's agricultural heritage. Along the west side of the park, near the Osage orange trees, are signs that describe the project and explain hybridization.{{cite web |last=Hurd |first=Mary K. |year=1995 |title=Artist Chooses Precast Concrete for Field of Corn |pages=30–3 |url=http://www.dublinarts.org/portals/0/pdf/3.2.1.3_newsclip_pcijournal_1995%20copy.pdf }}
Three different molds were used to cast the concrete ears of corn, which stand about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbusmonthly.com/news/20190927/seven-questions-with-field-of-corn-artist-malcolm-cochran|title=Seven Questions with "Field of Corn" Artist Malcolm Cochran|last=Ghose|first=Dave|website=Columbus Monthly|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}} The breed of corn represented is known as Corn Belt Dent Corn, a double-cross hybrid variety. The ears are rotated in several directions to make it appear as if each ear is unique.
They were cast at a precast concrete manufacturer, Cook & Ingle Co., in Dalton, Georgia. Each ear weighs {{Convert|1500|lbs|kg|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dublinarts.org/visualarts/dublinartinpublicplaces/fieldofcorn.aspx |title=field of corn (with osage oranges) |publisher=Dublin Arts Council}}
Field of Corn has become a popular piece of public art in the Central Ohio Community. The display received "Best of Columbus" honors by readers of Columbus Monthly magazine each year of its nomination since 2008, including four #1 awards as best public artwork in central Ohio.{{Cite web|url=https://dublinarts.org/featured-items/fieldofcorn/?portfolioCats=94|title=Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) | Dublin Arts Council}}
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- {{cite web |first=Nicola |last=Twilley |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Feast Your Eyes: The Concrete Corn Field of Dublin, Ohio |work=Good |url=http://magazine.good.is/articles/feast-your-eyes-the-concrete-corn-field-of-dublin-ohio}}
- {{cite web |first=Doug |last=Buchanan |date=October 5, 2012 |title=Field of Corn in Dublin under wraps while undergoing restoration |work=Columbus Business First |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/10/05/field-of-corn-in-dublin-under-wraps.html}}
- {{cite web |title=Field of Corn |publisher=Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory |url=http://oosi.sculpturecenter.org/items/show/986}}
- {{cite book |first=Neil |last=Zurcher |year=2008 |chapter=More Big Ears |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99c4dr5D6oAC&pg=PA15 |pages=15–6 |title=Ohio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye State |publisher=Gray & Company, Publishers |isbn=978-1-59851-047-8}}
- {{cite web |last=Hurd |first=Mary K. |year=1995 |title=Artist Chooses Precast Concrete for Field of Corn |pages=30–3 |url=http://www.dublinarts.org/portals/0/pdf/3.2.1.3_newsclip_pcijournal_1995%20copy.pdf }}
- {{cite journal |first1=Judith Smith |last1=Koroscik |date=Spring 1995 |title=Guest Editorial: Letters to the Editor: The Public's Disclosure of How They Understand the Arts |journal=Studies in Art Education |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=131–3 |doi=10.2307/1320904 |jstor=1320904 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Hogue |first1=Beverly J. |year=2008 |title=From Mulberries to Machines: Planting the Simulated Garden |journal=Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=101–10 |doi=10.1093/isle/15.1.101 }}
- {{cite journal |first=Carol |last=Argiro |date=July 2004 |title=Instructional Resources: Teaching with Public Art |journal=Art Education
|volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=25–32 |doi=10.1080/00043125.2004.11653556 |jstor=3194122 |s2cid=190086684 }}
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Category:Outdoor sculptures in Ohio
Category:Installation art works
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