Odyssey III

Odyssey III, 1973
The sculpture photographed in 2016
Artist	Tony Rosenthal
Year	1973 (1973)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Painted aluminum
Location	San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States
Coordinates	32°43′55″N117°09′01″W / 32.73199°N 117.15022°W / 32.73199; -117.15022

For other uses, see Odyssey III (disambiguation).

Odyssey III is an abstract 1973 painted aluminum sculpture ^[1] by Tony Rosenthal, located in San Diego, California. ^[2] It is installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. ^{[3] [4]}

The Rosenthal sculpture was purchased by the San Diego Museum of Art in 1974 with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. ^[5] Since 2016, it has been included in "Art of the Open Air", an exhibition open to the public without admission charge of public art owned by the San Diego Museum of Art. ^[5]

The San Diego Union-Tribune described the work as a "riotous orangey-red-painted assembly of aluminum discs". ^[6]

See also

• California portal
• Visual arts portal

• 1973 in art

References

1. "San Diego Museum of Art - Odyssey III". collection.sdmart.org. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
2. Garske, Monica (2016-02-13). "7 Restored Sculptures Unveiled at Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama | NBC 7 San Diego". NBC San Diego. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
3. "Perfect Week for "Art of the Open Air"". Balboa Park. February 23, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
4. Garin, Nina (2016-02-12). "San Diego Museum Of Art Frees Sculptures From A Life In Storage". KPBS. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
5. "Art of the Open Air". San Diego Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
6. "At SDMA, a move from the vault to the open air". The San Diego Union-Tribune . 2016-03-12. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-09-16.