Roosevennavelt: Columnseum

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Title: Roosevennavelt: Columnseum
Photo Credit: Sheila Klein
Lead Artist(s):

Description:

Drawing from parking lot vernacular (white stripes/blue handicap/yellow curbs), the lot was painted with a series of simple shapes. The graphic shapes minimize the dark space and accentuate the architecture. The white gloss circles take a bite out of the columns and make a series of receding moon shapes. They make the space more luminous performing as low tech light reflectors. The green ovals act as a graphic landscape to blend with the few trees that surround the site. The 12´ tall blue slots create openings in the columns and reinforce the 65th Street corridor. The yellow-painted columns with central non-painted ovals transform the concrete, creating shapely colonnades. The painted shapes give direction and center to the space. As you move through the space the painting becomes sculpture.

PROJECT LOCATION

Underpass
10 acre Park n Ride under I-5 freeway, 65th and 8th NE near 6486 8th Avenue Northeast
6486 8th Avenue Northeast
Seattle, WA 98104
United States

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PROJECT TEAM

4Culture
4Culture
PROJECT DETAILS

Permanent
$150,000
Public
Painting
Painting
Painting (acrylic)
2008
2009