Wind-Rain Song

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Wind-Rain Song
Wind-Rain Song sculpture by Weltzin Blix, Eugene, Oregon.jpg
The sculpture in 2015
Wind-Rain Song
Artist Weltzin Blix
Year1982 (1982)
TypeSculpture
Medium Bronze
Condition"Treatment needed" (1993)
Location Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°03′09″N123°05′33″W / 44.05257°N 123.09252°W / 44.05257; -123.09252 Coordinates: 44°03′09″N123°05′33″W / 44.05257°N 123.09252°W / 44.05257; -123.09252

Wind-Rain Song is an outdoor 1982 bronze sculpture by Weltzin Blix, installed at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States.

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Plaque for the sculpture

Weltzin Blix's Wind-Rain Song (1982) is installed outside the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Previously, the abstract work was installed inside the Conference Center adjacent to Hult and the Hilton Hotel. It was moved to its current site, a pedestrian plaza, seven years later. According to the Smithsonian Institution, "The artist was very pleased, and constructed a piece to add to the bottom of shaft, making the sculpture the size that he had initially envisioned when he designed it." [1] It measures approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) x 22 feet (6.7 m), 8 inches (20 cm) x 1 foot (0.30 m), 1 inch (2.5 cm). A nearby plaque reads: WIND-RAIN SONG / WELTZIN BLIX / 1982. The sculpture was surveyed and deemed "treatment needed" by Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in October 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wind-Rain Song, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved October 24, 2015.