Crossroads (mural)

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Crossroads
Crossroads by Ismael Muhammud Nieves.jpg
ArtistIsmeal Muhammud Nieves
Year2013 (2013)
Dimensions126 cm× 400 cm(49.5 in× 158 in);Each
Location Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Coordinates 39°46′41″N86°11′03″W / 39.7781°N 86.1841°W / 39.7781; -86.1841
Owner Eskenazi Health

Crossroads is a 2013 mural that consists of two acrylic on canvas paintings (Crossroads I and Crossroads II) by the artist Ismael Muhammud Nieves. It is located within the Eskenazi Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.

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Description

Each framed work measures 158 x 49.5 inches. Inspired by sitting on a porch or gazing out a window, letting the mind wander across the landscape, Nieves created a bright composition of Indiana native flowers and plants by incorporating emblematic images from the Eskenazi Health Art Collection together with Native American and Indiana state symbols incorporated with graffiti shapes, as Ismael Muhammad Nieves comments below:

Indiana’s landscape is beautiful year-round. The landscape has been enjoyed through contemporary eyes as well as the Native Americans who call this land home. Throughout the mural are woodland scenes directly inspired from the Eskenazi Health Art Collection. The animals, trees, and foliage in the murals are native to Indiana. Incorporating graffiti shapes and palette, in my opinion, creates a fun atmosphere for the waiting area. There are parts of my painting that were inspired by Eskenazi Health’s existing art collection. I challenge the viewers to identify them. [1]

Historical information

Acquisition

Crossroads was commissioned by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013. [2] [3] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury. Each of the 54 proposals was assigned an area of the new hospital by Eskenazi Health's art committee and publicly displayed in the existing Wishard Hospital and online for public comment; more than 3,000 public comments on the final proposals were collected and analyzed in the final selection. [3] [4] Crossroads is credited as "Dedicated with gratitude, The Ruthelen and Andrew Burns Family".

Location

Crossroads is located in the Special Medicine and Infusion Center waiting room on the 4th level of the Eskenazi Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus.

Artist

Ismeal Muhammud Nieves spent his early years in New York City before moving to Indiana as a teen. After serving in the U.S. military, he attended Purdue University, where he received a B.S. in electrical engineering. A self-taught artist, Nieves' work has been exhibited at South Shore Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Indiana University Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sheldon Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, 2612 Space and Supreme Gallery in Chicago and Crewest Gallery in Los Angeles, among others. Nieves has completed several public mural commissions and has been involved closely with Subsurface, a graffiti event in Indianapolis. He is based in Hammond, Indiana. [1] [5]

Related Research Articles

The Eskenazi Health Art Collection consists of a wide variety of artworks composed of fragments from the 1914 City Hospital mural and artwork project, artworks added over time, and newer pieces which include works created for the new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and campus in 2013. Other works have been added occasionally; there are also artworks at the clinics throughout Marion County.

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<i>Blues</i> (print)

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<i>Forever (For Old Lady Sally)</i>

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<i>Sew Low</i>

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<i>Vegetation</i> (quilt)

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<i>Hope Skip and Jump</i> 2012 collage by India Cruse-Griffin

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<i>Melody at Hand</i>

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<i>Wading in the Water</i>

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<i>May/September</i> Art installation

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<i>The Arrival</i> (installation)

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<i>Synchronicity of Color</i>

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<i>Untitled 77</i> (print)

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<i>Untitled 78</i> (print)

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<i>Cloud Busting</i> (installation) 2013 art installation

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<i>Paths Crossed</i>

Paths Crossed is a 2013 suspended sculpture by Aaron T. Stephan that consists of six 60-feet-long wooden ladders and is located within the Eskenazi Health Outpatient Care Center on the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.

<i>Four Seasons</i> (murals) Series of murals by T.C. Steele

Four Seasons is a series of four murals - Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter - painted in 1914 by Indiana artist T.C. Steele, which feature the landscape of Brown County, Indiana. The paintings are located on the Eskenazi Health campus, near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and are part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.

References

  1. 1 2 "Crossroads I". Public Art Archive. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    - "Crossroads II". Public Art Archive. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Landro, Laura (18 August 2014). "More Hospitals Use the Healing Powers of Public Art". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Wishard Announces First Group of Artists Selected for Eskenazi Health Art Program". www.eskenazihealth.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Support Wishard's pursuit of the highest art". Indianapolis Recorder. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bio". Ish Muhammad. Retrieved 20 August 2017.


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