ONSITE '93: Sculpture Project

Project Details

Location: Bluemont Park and Rosslyn Gateway Park
Date: June 9-August 31, 1993

These installations were part of Arlington County’s 1993 ONSITE: Sculpture Project exhibition, a temporary sculpture project.
Funded by Arlington Cultural Affairs and The Charles E. Smith Company.   

Grassman

Grassman by John Antone Artist: John Antone
Materials: Fiberglass
Location: Rosslyn Gateway Park, 1300 Langston Blvd.

Grassman was in the shape of a portly businessman, complete with hat and cane, covered in huge blades of fiberglass “grass.”  

 

 

Drift

Drift by Tom Ashcraft Artist: Tom Ashcraft
Materials: Japanese porcelain mosaic tiles over a concrete and steel substructure
Location: Rosslyn Gateway Park, 1300 Langston Blvd.

Drift was made up of five sculptural benches in the shape of boat hulls covered in sky-blue ceramic tiles.  

Scotch Pine

Scotch Pine by Jeff Spaulding Artist: Jeff Spaulding
Materials: Christmas Trees
Location: Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St.

This two part installation was made of severed pine tree trunks suspended upside-down from living trees. A mound of branches was used to create a mound that measured 15 feet in length.

 

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