Outdoor Sculpture

With great pleasure the Department of Visual Arts invites you to view the rotating exhibition of large-scale public sculpture at Gettysburg College, entitled Private Place, Public Space. This exhibition was conceived of through discussions I had with Greg Islan, Gettysburg alumnus ('70) and with our department faculty and students. Greg, a Business Administration major, took art classes at Gettysburg and the classes and professors instilled in him a life-long appreciation for the arts. Through his generosity, Gettysburg has been able to bring several large-scale sculptures to our campus on a long-term loan basis. These works complement the wonderful Martin Puryear piece, Sentinel, which is part of Gettysburg's permanent collection. Greg also joined forces with Gettysburg College to purchase the magnificent glass installation in the foyer of the Science Center by artist William Carlson.

The pieces in the exhibition are:

	Martin Puryear Sentinel, 1982 Field Stone 10'h x 8'w x 2'd Located by Pennsylvania Hall Permanent Collection Gettysburg College
	Glenn Zweygardt Trilogy Graces, 2000-04 Stone, Cast Glass, Bronze, Cast Iron 10'h (other dimensions variable) Located between Schmucker Hall and Brua Hall Loan from June 2004 - June 2007
	Robert Mangold Anemotive Kinetic 4/97, 1997 Stainless Steel 12'h x 8'diam Located between the Science Center and Masters Hall Loan from January 2005 - January 2007
	Terry Karpowicz Tattooed, 2004 Granite, Steel, Stainless Steel, Bronze 10'h x 30"w x 40"d Located by Plank Gym Loan from October 2004 - October 2007
	Wenda Gu Stone Stele: Retranslation and Rewriting of Tang Poetry, 1993-2004 Stone (2/50) 75"h x 44"w x 8"d Located in front of Schmucker Hall Loan from October 2004 - September 2005
	Joe Mooney Phoenix Defiant, 2006 Stainless Steel and Steel 86"h x 81"w x 30"d Located between McKnight Hall and Penn Hall Loan from November 2006 - November 2007

Besides the benefit our community receives by living with and viewing these works on a daily basis, the students at Gettysburg will have the opportunity to meet and talk with some of these artists during short-term residencies in spring, 2006. Additional sculptures will continue to be brought to campus during the academic years to come.

Our thanks to Greg Islan for his support of this project and to Dan DeNicola, Jennie Mingolelli and our friends in Facilities Services for their help, guidance and hard work.  A special thanks to Molly Hutton, Director of the Schmucker Art Gallery, for her fine essay on this exhibition. And many thanks go to the photography talents of Bill Dowling of New Oxford, PA

Mark K. Warwick
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Visual Arts
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA 17325 USA
phone: 717-337-6121
fax: 717-337-6099