''Dog Bowl'' is a 2002 outdoor sculpture by dog photographer
William Wegman, located in the
North Park Blocks
The North Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Most of the park is in northwest Portland (north of Burnside), but one block (Ankeny Square) is in southwest Portland (south of Burnside).
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in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...
, United States.
Description and history
''Dog Bowl'' was designed by dog photographer
William Wegman in 2001 and installed in the
North Park Blocks
The North Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Most of the park is in northwest Portland (north of Burnside), but one block (Ankeny Square) is in southwest Portland (south of Burnside).
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between Davis and Everett streets in 2002.
Wegman had been "cultivated" and privately funded by the Pearl Arts Foundation to create a work for Portland.
Benson Bubbler
Benson Bubblers are iconic bronze drinking fountains named after businessman and philanthropist Simon Benson (1852–1942), mostly located in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 1912, Benson donated $10,000 for the purchase and installation of ...
drinking fountains installed throughout the city and is supplied by an underground water source.[ According to the ]Regional Arts & Culture Council
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It evolved from the city†...
, which administers the sculpture, Wegman said he created the sculpture "for dogs, not people", and prefers not to think of the bowl as public art
Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and physically acce ...
. Wegman donated some of his earnings from the installation to the Oregon Humane Society, Foster Pets and the Delta Society.[
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Reception
In 2012, the sculpture was included as a stop on Walktober's Weird Art Walk, a "tour of weird art" led by Carye Bye, a local artist.
See also
* 2002 in art
The year 2002 in art involves various significant events.
Events
*21 May – Extensions to the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, London, designed by John Simpson, are opened.
*3 July – Decapitation of a statue of Margaret Thatcher: a m ...
* Fountains in Portland, Oregon Benson Bubblers
More than fifty drinking fountains called Benson Bubblers, named after Simon Benson and designed by A. E. Doyle, are located in and around downtown Portland.
Portland Parks & Recreation
Portland Parks & Recreation maintains fount ...
References
External links
North Park Blocks
at Explore the Pearl, Pearl District Business Associations
''Dog Bowl''
at the Public Art Archive
Portland, Oregon: Portland ''Dog Bowl''
at Roadside America
Why does Portland have so many dogs? Good urban planning
by Joe Streckert (December 12, 2011), ''Daily Journal of Commerce
The ''Daily Journal of Commerce'' (DJC) is a U.S. newspaper published Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Portland, Oregon. It features business, construction, real estate, legal news and public notices. It is a member of American Court & Commercial ...
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2002 establishments in Oregon
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Granite sculptures in Oregon
Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Pearl District, Portland, Oregon