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Artist | Dennis Oppenheim |
Year | 2010 |
Type | Sculpture |
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Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
29°58′02″N95°20′12″W / 29.967288°N 95.336777°W |
Radiant Fountains is a 2010 sculpture by Dennis Oppenheim, [1] installed outside Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] [3]
Installed along JFK Boulevard, [4] the work was commissioned by the Houston Arts Alliance. [5] [6] It is made of stainless steel and programmed LED lights. [7] CBC Arts described the sculpture as "a spray of acrylic lights", [8] and Artnet's Brook S. Mason called the work "towering brilliant lighting". [9]
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's collection has multiple 2010 drawings by Oppenheim called Radiant Fountain. [10]
Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle called the sculpture "dazzling" and said the "cluster of splash-inspired towers ... has historically been touchy". [11] Bespoke Concierge magazine's Cynthia Lescalleet said Radiant Fountains is "eye-popping". [12] Tommy Gregory, who serves as public art program curator for the Houston Airport System, has said Radiant Fountains is a "marquee permanent work" of the collection. [13] Houstonia 's Michael has also called Radiant Fountains the airport's most prominent public artwork. [14]