Gracehoper is a public art work by American artist Tony Smith, located in Louisville Waterfront Park, located in Louisville, Kentucky. This large-scale sculpture, twenty-two feet high and forty-six feet long, was made by Lippincott, Inc. in 1988, eight years after Smith's death, for a million dollars. The statue is made of welded steel that is painted black.
Video Gracehoper (2/3)
Description
The statue was named after a line in the James Joyce novel Finnegans Wake and was inspired by the funnel shape of the carriage used to load coal into the railway carriage. Smith says the title "comes from the middle of Finnegans Wake called 'The Ondt' - in accordance with the ant-and the 'Gracehoper." In this novel, an animal named 'Gracehoper,' which represents progress, change, and dynamism, takes a role in battle and defeats another mystical beast, 'Ondt,' a hardworking, careful but unimaginative animal. "
Art historian Joan Pachner describes the work of art based on "Smith's vision of the invisible space grid of tetrahedron and alternating octahedron." Smith created Gracehoper in the third edition, with one proof of the artist; which is the second, while the Detroit Art Institute (DIA) has its first collection (Gracehoper (1/3) created by Lippincott, Inc. in 1972). In addition, HE has collected a collection of original cardboard boxes, made in 1961 and painted black.
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Historical information
The statue was presented in 1989 as a gift from the Humana Foundation in recognition of Wendell Cherry's leadership as the first Chair of Kentucky Central Council for the Performing Arts. It is on sight just near the edge of the Ohio River at Louisville Waterfront Park's "Ignore"; it is a loan to the Waterfront Development Corporation.
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Condition
The statue was last surveyed by members of Save Outdoor Sculpture! in 1994, at that time the statue was considered "well maintained." A symposium sponsored by the Louisville Commission for Public Art and International Network for Conservation of Contemporary Art - North America will be held on September 14 and 15 to discuss public art in Louisville and
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