Stainless Steel Gavel
Sitting in a beautiful park-like setting between the two large justice buildings in downtown Columbus, the gavel serves as the centerpiece of a large reflecting pool. The giant piece of art was created by Andrew Scott in 2008. Along Front Street in Downtown Columbus are located two pedestrian plazas-courtyards with some unique statues, flag poles and tidal basins/fountains. This is the large metal judicial gavel in honor if the Ohio Supreme Court. There is also a fountain/tidal pool with words (Reason, Honor, Wisdom, Justice...) written in steel. 13 feet high and 30 feet long, it’s made of about 7,000lbs of stainless steel. Basics:Location:39.95949705723434,-83.00221458077431District:RiverArtist:Andrew F ScottSize:30′ Long15′ Wide12′ HighFeatures:Stainless Steel SculptureConcrete SculptureYear Built:2008In addition to being a “world’s largest”, this whimsical sculpture adds flair to the decadent Supreme Court of Ohio and surrounding government complex.Key Details:The Gavel is one of two art installations within courtyards adjacent to the Supreme Court of Ohio building. The sculpture reflects the decision-making authority of the Supreme Court. The sculpture is constructed of stainless steel with a concrete was funded through a grant by the Ohio State Bar Association.If You Go:‘Gavel’ is located in a shallow pool that is sited along Front Street in Downtown Columbus. The courtyard has a peaceful feel and provides a respite from the relatively busy adjacent streets. The downtown riverfront and Scioto Mile park are directly adjacent.Sources:http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/publications/OJC.pdfhttp://www.afsart.com/index_main.html?pathid=WPX&modid=SPB_0
Christopher Columbus
Heroic sized portrait of Christopher Columbus from 1955 by Eduardo Alfieri . In his proper right hand he holds a rolled document while his proper left hand rests on his chest. He is dressed in a cloak. When the Christopher Columbus statue was uncrated in front of Columbus City Hall On Oct 10, 1955. The dedication of the three-ton statue was the highlight of the city’s Columbus Day celebration two days later. The statue was placed on the south side of City Hall and overlooks West Broad Street. It was a gift from the citizens of Genoa, Italy, the birthplace of Columbus.“COLUMBUS TO SAIL ONCE MORE -- A 20-foot statue of Christopher Columbus is placed on a pedestal in Genoa, Italy, prior to being loaded aboard the Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo for shipment to the United States. The bronze monument is a gift from Genoa to Columbus, and will be unveiled in Ohio on Oct. 12. The statue was cast at the Michelucci foundry in Pistoia.”The statue’s designer, Edoardo Alfieri, of Genoa, Italy, came to Columbus in 1955 to participate in the presentation of the statue in front of City Hall.The bronze plaque on the base of the statue reads:Christopher Columbus Gift of the kind citizens of Genoa, Italy, to the city which so proudly bears the name of Columbus“Testimonial of the values and virtues which the figure and enterprise of the great son of Genoa has entrusted to the human conscience.” Vittorio Pertusio Mayor of Genoa“We shall ever cherish and be guided by its meaning.” M. E. Sensenbrenner Mayor of Columbus Dedicated October 12, 1955, before 100,000 grateful AmericansEdoardo Alfieri (Foggia, Italy, 1913 – Sanremo, Italy, 1998) was an Italian sculptor.Although he was born at Foggia in southern Italy, his family was of Piemontese origin and soon moved to Genoa, where he spent his childhood. He studied art at the school of Guido Galletti at Genoa and then, from 1932 to 1936, continued his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan under Francesco Messina.Already at the age of sixteen he won a first prize for his artwork at an exhibition in Genoa. In the 1930s, he was a member of the futurist group Synthesis. After World War II, he held a post as a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts of Genoa until 1969.Alfieri presented his work several times at the Biennale of Venice: in 1940, 1948, 1950, and in 1956 even in a dedicated hall. His work has been characterized as oscillating between avant-garde and traditional. Besides expressionist works such as the Dagna grave at the cemetery of Staglieno, he also did traditional sculptures like the statue of Christopher Columbus that was given as gift to the city of Columbus, Ohio . Some of his works are abstract, for instance the Mele grave at Staglieno, or the bas-relief "Furor Mathematicus".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoardo_Alfieri
Lions in front of police HQ
This pair of 9000 lbs lions has stood guard outside the old police headquarters since 1930. They were moved to the current headquarters when it opened in 1991. Then in 2012 the lions were moved from in front of the police headquarters at 120 Marconi Bulvd and placed outside the old HQ at 120 W Gay St which is no longer used by police. After more then 4 years they were again moved back to their current location 120 Marconi Blvd. Slightly stylized lion lying on a rectangular block, head erect, forepaws extended, tail curled. There is a duplicate lion, also on a rectangular black, at the opposite side of the entrance.
AEP Turbine
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) on 8-7-2003 designated American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) former Philo Unit 6 a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark for the unit’s groundbreaking and far-reaching technological advances.Philo 6 “was the world’s first utility generating unit using steam at the supercritical pressure of 4,500 pounds per square inch (psi), almost twice that of previous units and at 1,150° F,” according to a plaque presented by ASME International to E. Linn Draper Jr., AEP chairman, president and chief executive officer. The plaque will be affixed to an existing sculpture that incorporates two Philo 6 turbine rotors in front of AEP’s Columbus headquarters. The Philo Plant, located on the Muskingum River nine miles south of Zanesville, was razed in 1983.Very high pressure and temperature steam, combined with double reheating of the steam, at Philo 6 dramatically improved efficiency and reduced the amount of coal used to generate electricity. New technologies introduced at Philo 6 increased by one-third the thermal efficiency of coal-fired electric generation, to 40 percent. This percentage is a measure of the heat energy in coal that is converted to electricity.Machines that convert heat into mechanical energy, as steam electric generating plants do, operate more efficiently at higher temperatures. A characteristic of water is that the higher its pressure, the higher its boiling temperature. Hence, higher steam pressure results in a more efficient generating plant.“Successful operation of Philo 6 represented a watershed event in the history of steam electric generation,” Draper said. “Its impact was universal. What was groundbreaking technology at Philo 6 became normal operating procedure throughout the electric utility industry. ASME International landmark status is fitting recognition for the many engineers who designed and engineered Philo 6.”Philo 6’s steam pressure of 4,500 psi was almost twice the pressure of 2,300 psi of the best conventional generating units in the mid-1950s. (Steam reaches the supercritical level at 3,208 psi.) Philo 6, announced in 1953, was completed and went into commercial operation in 1957. The 120-megawatt unit operated until 1975, was retired in 1979 and dismantled in 1983.The higher pressure and temperature levels at Philo 6 required major changes and technological advances in steam generation, turbine design, metallurgy, feed pump capability and water purification.Philo 6 produced profound effects. Experience gained from engineering, design, construction and operation of Philo 6 spawned a new generation of larger, more efficient generating units. The ASME International plaque makes note of this effect, saying Philo 6 “became the trailblazer for many that followed…”In addition to AEP and ASME, other participants in the plaque presentation ceremony included representatives of Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) and General Electric (GE). B&W and GE designed and installed the steam generator and the turbine generator, respectively, at Philo 6.ASME International sponsors the historic mechanical engineering landmarks program. Since its inception in 1971, 227 designations have been made of landmarks, sites and collections of note in the history of mechanical engineering.ASME International is a 120,000-member engineering society that focuses on technical, educational and research issues. It conducts one of the world’s largest technical publishing operations, holds some 30 technical conferences and 200 professional development courses each year and sets many industrial and manufacturing standards.American Electric Power owns and operates more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States and select international markets and is the largest electricity generator in the U.S. AEP is also one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., with almost 5 million customers linked to AEP’s 11-state electricity transmission and distribution grid. The company is based in Columbus, Ohio.
“In Tribute to Columbus Police Officers,”
A polished black granite block with inscription sits between two angular gray granite pylons. several other sculptures and story plaques built into the ground in this area to explore.
Humanized Deer
Genoa Park is home to two whimsical bronze sculptures of “humanized” deer (a third sculpture in this series is located on the Rich Street Bridge). Country music singer and acclaimed visual artist Terry Allen came up with the concept after visiting the city and learning that the Scioto River takes its name from the Shawnee Indian word for “hairy water.” According to local legend, when the Shawnee first migrated to Scioto River valley from the Carolinas, they found deer hair floating in the river. To make the sculptures, Allen said he will use molds from a mounted deer and coat them with clay. He will then take the models to Walla Walla, Wash., where they will be cast in bronze.Terry Allen is a visual artist and songwriter who was raised in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from Chouinard Art Inst. in Los Angeles and has worked as an artist & musician since 1966. He has received numerous awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and National Endowment for the Art Fellowships; Awards for the Visual Arts (AVA), Washington D.C.; Bessie (New York) and Isadora Duncan (San Francisco) His work has been shown throughout the United States and Inter-nationally, including Documenta and San Paolo, Paris, Sydney & Whitney Biennales and is represented in major private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and L.A. County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (MCASD) and Houston & Dallas Museums of Fine Art. His numerous public commissions can be found in such places as L.A.'s Citi-Corps Plaza, San Francisco Moscone Center, The Stuart Collection at UCSD in La Jolla, CA, Oliver Ranch in Sonoma, CA and Denver, Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth Intercontinental airports. His book & theater piece DUGOUT was published in 2005 by Univ. of Texas Press and an extensive monograph TERRY ALLEN of Allen's work was published in 2010, also Univ. Texas Press, with essays by Dave Hickey, Marcia Tucker and Michael Ventura. Terry Allen lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, actress and writer, Jo Harvey Allen.
mobile/tree in front of COSI
This beautiful moving sculpture was moved here from its original location at the old COSI on Broad Street. It moves with the wind. Stop in COSI to see the swinging Pendulum or use the restroom during business hours.
Deer on Rich St Bridge
An artist uses a sketchbook as the blueprint for their creations. Some of these images are possible to make into more extraordinary works of art, but some can be seemingly impossible. This is the inspiration behind “Possible Impossible,” an exhibit at the Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus.Artist and singer Terry Allen is set to display the sketches of his public works that have been commissioned, said Kelly McNicholas, a spokeswoman for the Urban Arts Space. His publicly commissioned works are bronze sculptures, but some of the sketches never became anything more than an idea, so his drawings were taken from his notebooks and framed for the exhibit. Allen said when he is done sketching, he likes to look at a sketch and decide whether it was just a ridiculous idea, or if it can be turned into a piece of art.“Sometimes you can’t get to the impossible until you go through the impossible of the ideas,” Allen said. Merijntje van der Heijden, the deputy director for exhibitions and curatorial practice, organized the sketches on display at the Urban Arts Space.“I felt that as you walked through this space, you needed to be able to observe each of the drawings individually,” van der Heijden said, “but as you walk through, also begin to recognize connections with other pieces.”The exhibition includes two works that ultimately were realized: two sculptures of anatomically-correct deer posing as humans, McNicholas said. Allen was commissioned by the city of Columbus to create public sculptures on the banks of the Scioto River after a proposal he made. Scioto is an Native American word derived from the Wyandot name for “deer.”“When I was walking around the river, people were lying down and sitting on benches,” Allen said. While watching the scene, he thought “what if that guy lying in the grass was a deer?”There are two deer sculptures located behind COSI along the Scioto. One is sitting upright at the top of the steps that leads to the water, and the doe is lying on her back just a few feet away.Allen said he does not have an agenda for spectators to follow when they see his work. He said he thinks people will bring their own ideas and interpret the meaning of what he has created. The combination of works that Allen has and has not created makes for an insightful experience, van der Heijden said. “We have the opportunity to be able to show the study drawing in conjunction with the actualized piece,” she said. “This provides a whole different layer of insight and appreciation perhaps.” The completed drawings also include photographs of his completed works, including “Golden Time,” which is a bronze sculpture of a man kneeling on one knee and trying to balance an oversized clock, located at Sony Pictures Entertainment in Culver City, Ca. Allen said he has created more than 20 sculptures since 1983. His sculptures appear all over the country, including in Texas and Colorado. http://thelantern.com/2014/09/bronze-bucks-eyes-gaze-at-columbus-scenery-on-banks-of-scioto/
Henry Moore
Oval with Points was moved from across the street as shown in the pictures. See attached video link of it sailing over HIgh St.It is a series of enigmatic abstract sculptures by British sculptor Henry Moore, made in plaster and bronze from 1968 to 1970, from a 14 centimetres (5.5 in) maquette in 1968 (LH 594) made in plaster and then cast in bronze, through a 110 centimetres (43 in) working model in 1968-69 (LH 595) also made plaster and then cast in bronze, to a full-size 332 centimetres (131 in) bronze version cast in 1969 (LH 596).The sculpture is an flattened oval ring with rounded edges, pierced by a large hole. The inside edge of the hole has two protrusions rising from opposite sides and narrowing to sharp points that almost meet at the centre of the hole, creating a sense of energy and dynamic tension. The points divide the hole into two areas, a smaller one above and a larger one below, like a figure 8, with the shape of the void sometimes interpreted as resembling a human form with a head and a torso.The beginnings of the sculpture can be traced in Moore's works back to a sculpture made in 1939-40, Three Points, and some drawings from 1940. Moore was often inspired by found natural objects, such as stone with a hole. The work may draw inspiration from an elephant skull collected in East Africa by Sir Julian Huxley and displayed in his garden, and later given to Moore as a gift. Oval with Points is also related to other Moore sculptures, included his Spindle Piece and Two Piece Points: Skull, both of which have two points facing outwards rather than inwards. Moore himself later mentioned a link in his mind to spark plugs.Moore made a plaster maquette of Oval with Points (LH 594) in 1968, which was then cast in bronze in an edition of 9+1 (nine castings plus an artist's copy). It measures 16.4 by 13.9 by 9.4 centimetres (6.5 in × 5.5 in × 3.7 in). The plaster maquette and the bronze artist's copy, cast 0, are held by the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. Another example is at the Art Gallery of Ontario.Moore increased the scale of the work in 1968-69, to create Working Model for Oval With Points (LH 595) measuring 118 by 92 by 54 centimetres (46 in × 36 in × 21 in). The sculpture was originally modelled in plaster, which is now held at the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre at the Art Gallery of Ontario.[1] This was cast in an edition of 12+2 bronzes (i.e. two artist's copies, and 12 other casts). These two artist's copies are now held by the Henry Moore Foundation, along with two plaster casts of this working model. Another bronze is owned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Finally, in 1969, Moore increased the scale again to create a full-size bronze version (LH 596) which is 332 centimetres (131 in) high. It was cast in an edition of 6+1 (six plus one artist's model) 1 by Morris Singer. Examples of the full size work are displayed at:the Henry Moore Foundation, in Perry Green, Hertfordshire (cast 0) the centre of a fountain in Exchange Square in Hong Kong at Princeton University, on a site of which was formerly the location of Reunion Hall before it was demolished in 1966 at Dorrian Commons in Columbus, Ohio outside the Kunsthalle Bielefeld (cast 6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_with_Points
Ohio State House Soldiers
The west entrance into the Statehouse is symbolically guarded by two renderings of armed men, honoring Ohioans who served their country in two defining conflicts at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The Spirit of '98 by Frank L. Jirouch. The dedication reads:Erected by the State of Ohio to the honor and memory of the Ohio veterans of the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Expedition1898-1920
