Ex Stasis (sculpture)

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Ex Stasis
LippoldExStasis1988.jpg
Artist Richard Lippold
Year1988
Typestainless steel, anodized aluminum, gold-plated cables
Dimensions370 cm× 150 cm× 150 cm(144 in× 60 in× 60 in)
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Ex Stasis is a public art work created by American artist Richard Lippold and located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The abstract sculpture is a series of angular metallic planes set on a concrete pedestal. [2] It is located near Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art, but used to be the centerpiece of the west courtyard of the Alumni Memorial Union.

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References

  1. "Ex Stasis, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog-SIRIS. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. Buck, Diane (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society. pp. 72–73. ISBN   978-0-87020-276-6.

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