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Location: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Medium: Cast resin, origami-folded dollar bills, coins
Dimensions: 80” x 80” x 4” (two grids of 100 individual 4” x 4” cubes)
Year completed: 2013
Awarded best public art of 2014 by Americans for the Arts.
Commissioned by the Oregon Arts Commission for two mirrored stairwells in the University of Oregon’s graduate school of business, “All That is Solid Melts Into Air” is an 80” x 80” installation of two separate grids consisting of 100 handmade acrylic resin cubes. Each transparent cube encases either an origami-folded dollar bill or a stack of various coins equaling one dollar.
Lillis Business Complex, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2013
Acrylic cast resin, origami-folded dollar bills, coins
80” x 80” x 4” (two grids of 4” x 4” cubes)
Commissioned by Oregon Arts Commission and the University of Oregon, for the historic business school in Eugene, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air features two grids in two stairwells. Each grid contains 100 handmade resin cubes. Each cube equals one dollar by stacking coins or folding bills into animals (fish, elephant, eagle) and everyday objects (shirt and tie). This Best in Public Art Award Winner considers the physical variety and assigned value of currency.