Transcendence (Jellum)

{{Short description|Sculpture in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| image_file = File:Southpark Seafood Grill - Portland, Oregon.JPG

| caption = The sculpture above Southpark Seafood in 2011

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| artist = Keith Jellum

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| material = Bronze

| subject = Fish

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Transcendence is an outdoor sculpture by Keith Jellum, located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It depicts a fish flying through the brickwork above Southpark Seafood at the northwestern corner of Southwest Salmon Street and Southwest Park Avenue in Downtown Portland.{{cite news|last=May|first=Joseph|title="Transcendence", a fish flying through a building — a sculpture by Keith Jellum|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/2011/10/30/“transcendence”-a-fish-flying-through-a-building-—-a-sculpture-by-keith-jellum/|access-date=April 13, 2015|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=October 30, 2011|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414082903/http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/2011/10/30/%E2%80%9Ctranscendence%E2%80%9D-a-fish-flying-through-a-building-%E2%80%94-a-sculpture-by-keith-jellum/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Jennifer|title=Stumptown Stumper|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=92227|access-date=April 13, 2015|work=Portland Tribune|date=September 20, 2007|archive-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829035347/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=92227|url-status=dead}}

The sculpture measures {{Convert|11|ft|m}} long and is made of hand forged and welded bronze. Seattle Post-Intelligencer said of the sculpture and its relation to the city: "There is much in the way of art there and one cannot get a bad coffee, beer or glass of wine there. People there are friendly and not above being whimsical, perhaps this is why Keith Jellum's installation found a home in Portland?"