Work in progress, Summer, 2011
Finishing the last section, Saturday, 12/17.
The painting crew--
Evan Farley, Cassie
Jones, Duane Paluska,
Haley MacKeil, James
Marshall, and Andrea
Sulzer (not pictured).
Evan Farley, Cassie
Jones, Duane Paluska,
Haley MacKeil, James
Marshall, and Andrea
Sulzer (not pictured).
In this photo: Cassie Jones, Haley MacKeil, James Marshall, Evan Farley, and Duane Paluska
The sculpture was
painted with a
semi-transparent
coat of milk paint.
painted with a
semi-transparent
coat of milk paint.
Nine of the ten sections completed.
All ten sections
soft wrapped for
delivery.
soft wrapped for
delivery.
Loading the truck with Adrian Bossi,
Evan Farley, and Richard Keen,
Monday morning, 12/19.
Evan Farley, and Richard Keen,
Monday morning, 12/19.
Unloading the work at the Wishcamper Center at the University of Southern Maine Portland campus.
Arriving on site,
Monday morning, 12/19.
Monday morning, 12/19.
Evan Farley completing the
"blueprint" for aligning the
sections on the wall.
"blueprint" for aligning the
sections on the wall.
Installing the alignment drawing.
Using the drawing
and a temporary
ledger board to align
the first section.
and a temporary
ledger board to align
the first section.
Sam Gilbert and Adrian Bossi,
of Swell (building contractors),
locating the attachment points
for the first section.
of Swell (building contractors),
locating the attachment points
for the first section.
Sam and Evan using a jig
to rout the hanging slots
on the back of the work.
to rout the hanging slots
on the back of the work.
Adrian and Sam
drilling the holes
for the first section.
drilling the holes
for the first section.
After removing the alignment
drawing, touching up the wall.
drawing, touching up the wall.
Adrian attaching the art to
the wall. Inverted keyhole
slots on the back of the
work slid down over the
bolts to lock the artwork
in place.
the wall. Inverted keyhole
slots on the back of the
work slid down over the
bolts to lock the artwork
in place.
Section one complete.
Sam, Evan, and Adrian
installing the second section.
installing the second section.
Sections one and two complete.
Detail of sections
one and two.
one and two.
Fitting section four.
Installing section three.
Sections 1-4 complete.
Sections 1-4 complete.
View from the mezzanine.
Adrian.
Mark and Evan.
View across the atrium.
Installation in progress, and a detail from Ambrogio Lorenzetti's "The Effects of Good Government" (1340), which inspired the piece.
The end of the second day, 12/20/11,
with sections 1-8 in place.
with sections 1-8 in place.
Haley MacKeil and Evan Farley.
Unwrapping the work as we go.
Fitting section ten.
Fitting section ten.
Installing section ten.
DONE! Wednesday, 12/21/11, 12 pm.
Touching up.
Touching up.
Touching up.
Completed piece.
Completed piece.
Panorama of completed piece.
Exterior view.
Civitas and Locus,
a mural I completed
a year earlier for the Osher
Map Library, next door,
are based on the same
design and intended as
pendants to one another.
a mural I completed
a year earlier for the Osher
Map Library, next door,
are based on the same
design and intended as
pendants to one another.
The installation crew: Sam Gilbert, Mark Wethli,
Evan Farley, Adrian Bossi, and Haley MacKeil.
Graphic by Evan Farley
Evan Farley, Adrian Bossi, and Haley MacKeil.
Graphic by Evan Farley
