''Constellation'' is a series of outdoor 2000
bronze sculptures by American artist
Tad Savinar
Tad or TAD may refer to:
Places
* Tad, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Tad City, Texas, a coastal unincorporated community located on Olsovsky Road (Suburb of Ganado)
* Tad, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
* Tad, Marka ...
, installed at
Holladay Park in northeast
Portland, Oregon, United States. The work's three "distinct elements" include:
* ''Constellation (Vase of Flowers)'' or ''Constellation: Flowers from a Neighborhood Garden'',
a slender vase of daisies, hydrangeas and other flowers;
* ''Constellation (Molecule)'' or ''Constellation: Isolated Molecule for a Good Neighborhood'',
an abstract molecule representing a "good neighborhood"; and
* ''Constellation: Neighborhood Gardiner'' or simply ''Constellation'', a female figure carrying gardening shears.
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According to the
Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the installation, "This project attempts to illustrate the connection between the personal front yard garden and the civic park/garden."
[ The figure depicts a neighborhood activist (Carolyn Marks Backs or Carolyn Marks-Bax, depending on the source).][ The decision to visualize backs and the objects depicted in the molecule were chosen by the Sullivan Gulch Neighborhood Association. Objects include a bagel, coffee mug, garden tool, house, milk carton, school, a family, and trees.][ ''Constellation'' was funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program.][ It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.][cultureNOW:
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See also
* 2000 in art
References
External links
''Constellation'' (''Vase of Flowers'')
at the Public Art Archive
{{Sullivan's Gulch, Portland, Oregon
2000 establishments in Oregon
2000 sculptures
Botanical art
Bronze sculptures in Oregon
Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Sculptures of women in Oregon
Statues in Portland, Oregon
Sullivan's Gulch, Portland, Oregon