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Ojo
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Completion Date:
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1997
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Medium:
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Glass Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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27' x 27' x 14'
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Location:
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Queens Civil Court
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Address:
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89-11 Sutphin Boulevard
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Architect:
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Castro-Blanco Piscioneri and Associates / Hanrahan and Meyers
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Sponsor Agency:
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Office of Court Administration
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Design Agency:
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Dormitory Authority of the State of
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Ed Carpenter's sculpture
in the lobby of the Queens Civil Court building is titled Ojo
, the Spanish word for "eye." The suspended sculpture, manufactured from dichromatic glass, changes color with the varying degrees of light that filter into the space throughout the day. "My intention," Carpenter wrote, "was to create a luminous architectural organism, growing out of the structure of the building but distinct from it; simultaneously guarding and crowning the lobby; grand in scale but delicate and transparent; technical and organic; vigilant but welcoming. Like the law itself, it is layered and faceted, mercurial as Truth."
About the Artist...
Ed Carpenter received his education from the University of California at Santa Barbara and Berkeley. He later studied stained glass design and technique with Patrick Reyntiens in England and large architectural glass design with Ludwig Schaffrath in Germany. He has received numerous public and corporate commissions for his glass sculptures. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the American Craft Enterprises, the American Craft Council, the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, and the Hillside Center Artist's Cooperative. From 1985-1989, Carpenter served as the Metropolitan Arts Commissioner for Portland, Oregon where he also founded the Public Art Advisory Committee.
