Jan 152012
50 Third Street
Ducca Restaurant Courtyard
Westin Hotel
Museum Row
This piece is titled Maori Column and is by Alan Shepp. It was done in 1985.
Shepp, along with his artist wife, lives in Napa California. He has a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA from the University of Washington.
He is a multimedia artist who creates large scale sculpture and public art.
There is not a lot of information out there, either about this artist or this piece, but his website has some really gorgeous work on it.
That is an unusual piece.. reminds me a bit of a fancy exclamation mark! Thanks for sharing on Weekly Top Shot!
I quite like this one!
I got to thinking these must have some particular meaning to the sculptor…so I went to the website. Lots of good stuff, but it would be helpful if the artist made a few comments about each piece. Or, maybe the viewer is supposed to come to his or her own conclusions?
Reminds me of a manhole cover…that’s are for ya!
Re your comment on CVDP…we sold a couple of old motorcycles, otherwise we would only would have made enough for a one night hotel stay.
I like this as a piece of abstract public art that is human in scale.
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