{"id":1525,"date":"2018-01-22T21:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T21:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2018-01-22T21:21:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T21:21:59","slug":"spring-semester-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/2018\/01\/22\/spring-semester-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Semester Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

We hope you are finally warming up from bitter cold winter break (in Kirksville New Year’s day saw a high of 4 and a low of -17 degrees!). As we are now one week into the spring semester of 2018, we begin the Art Blog by wrapping up some of Fall 2017’s news.<\/p>\n

The first thing we want to do is to encourage you to investigate the new art installation to be found in front of the McKinney Health Center (between that building and the Kirk Building).<\/p>\n

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Professor Danielle Yakle (in the middle of the picture above, wearing a turquoise beret) wrote, in her proposal asking to install the sculpture in its current location:<\/p>\n

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Their (her Introduction to Visual Arts students) idea was to create an installation of enlarged human organs and systems.\u00a0 The various parts (a brain, heart, stomach, rib cage, etc.) will be assembled in the space much like an anatomical study.\u00a0 While being somewhat educational, the main concept is to recreate objects, which are normally soft and temporary, as something that is solid and long-lasting.\u00a0 The class was interested in the contrast between the ephemeral nature of the body compared to the hard and durable qualities of the concrete we are using for the sculpture. They hope to treat viewers to a surreal experience by positioning the interior of the body in an outdoor space.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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These photographs (courtesy of Atticus Bailey) show the installation of the sculpture at the beginning of December.\u00a0 The pieces are made of concrete and many are attached to the ground with large metal spikes, which will help to keep them in place as they are climbed upon.\u00a0 Human body parts displayed include:<\/p>\n

A brain \u2013 approximately 5\u2019 long by 3\u2019 high by 2.5\u2019 wide<\/p>\n

Two sets of ribs \u2013 6\u2019 by 4\u2019 by 1\u2019, connected with a bracket<\/p>\n

A heart \u2013 3\u2019 by 3\u2019 by 2.5\u2019<\/p>\n

A stomach \u2013 5.5\u2019 by 5\u2019 by 2\u2019<\/p>\n

Two kidneys \u2013 2.5\u2019 by 1.5\u2019 by 1.5\u2019 each<\/p>\n

Three lengths of large intestine \u2013 the largest is 7.5\u2019 by 2.5\u2019 by 2\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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If you want to go by on a sunny day, the grassy space between Kirk and the Health Center seems to be a nice place to take in the view.<\/p>\n

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We hope you are finally warming up from bitter cold winter break (in Kirksville New Year’s day saw a high of 4 and a low of -17 degrees!). As we are now one week into the spring semester of 2018, we begin the Art Blog by wrapping up some of Fall 2017’s news. The first…Read more Spring Semester Begins<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25205,22453,44701,23033,1],"tags":[44700,44783,44701,24908,44715],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-news-and-events","category-public-art","category-studio-art","category-uncategorized","tag-danielle-yakle","tag-intro-to-the-visual-arts","tag-public-art","tag-sculpture","tag-student-art"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}