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Artworks for State Buildings
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, BOONE
Campus information:
(704) 262-2179
There are two AWSB projects on campus as well as other works of art that result from gifts and the annual Rosen Sculpture competition.

Location

Science and Mathematics Complex

Artist
Robert Roesch

Biography
Robert Roesch has a B.F.A. degree from the School of Fine Arts of the Pratt Institute and a B.A. degree from the School of Art and Design of the State Unversity of New York, Farmingdale. He currently teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He has completed several large-scale public art commissions including a gateway plaza for the City of Wichita, Kansas.

Title, date
Orion, 1998

Artwork, media
Sculpture, steel and bronze

Orion/Robert Roesch

Project Description

Placed along the north side of the main entrance to the complex, the sculpture will consist of seven large steel pyramids which will represent the seven brightest stars of the constellation Orion. The four-sided pyramids will be lit from inside and will range in height from 8 feet to 26 feet.

Pre-selection panel
Gerard W. Peer, architect, Jenkins & Peer; Dr. Jane Helm, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs, ASU; Clyde Robbins, Associate Vice Chancellor for Physical Operations, ASU; Terry Suhre, director, Catherine Smith Gallery, ASU; Judy Humphrey, acting chair of Art Department, ASU; Dr. Gayle Marie Weitz, professor of Art Education, ASU.

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