| Constellation | |
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| Artist | Tad Savinar |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| 45°31′51″N122°39′13″W / 45.5308°N 122.6536°W | |
| Owner | City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council |
Constellation is a series of outdoor 2000 bronze sculptures by American artist Tad Savinar, installed at Holladay Park in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The work's three "distinct elements" include:
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- Constellation (Vase of Flowers) or Constellation: Flowers from a Neighborhood Garden, [1] a slender vase of daisies, hydrangeas and other flowers;
- Constellation (Molecule) or Constellation: Isolated Molecule for a Good Neighborhood, [2] an abstract molecule representing a "good neighborhood"; and
- Constellation: Neighborhood Gardiner or simply Constellation, a female figure carrying gardening shears. [3] [4]
Vase of Flowers
Molecule
Neighborhood Gardiner
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the installation, "This project attempts to illustrate the connection between the personal front yard garden and the civic park/garden." [3] The figure depicts a neighborhood activist (Carolyn Marks Backs or Carolyn Marks-Bax, depending on the source). [3] [4] The decision to visualize backs and the objects depicted in the molecule were chosen by the Sullivan Gulch Neighborhood Association. Objects include a bagel, coffee mug, garden tool, house, milk carton, school, a family, and trees. [2] Constellation was funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program. [3] It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. [5]
