Untitled (Wall hanging about man and his growth through knowledge)
Name/Title
Untitled (Wall hanging about man and his growth through knowledge)Artwork Details
Medium
AcrylicContext
Part of a series of art created specifically for the old North Milwaukee/Villard Library by Kenneth Lamers, who designed the North Milwaukee Library while working with Burroughs & Van Lanen Architects, working with his associate Peter Mazurek. The collection consisted of a main wall sculpture, two wall hangings, and four supplementary "wall plaques." From an artists' statement for the collection dated August 3, 1970: T]he central theme for the seven pieces of art in the library emerges from concepts which were developed for the main wall sculpture ... An outgrowth of early discussion between the artists and Mr. Nolan Neds, Administrator of Branch Libraries, was an eagerness to express some of the philosophy of Marshall MacLuhan's [sic: McLuhan's] 'The Medium is the Massage' [sic: Message]." Thus, according to the artists, the art series explores three dimensions of McLuhan's philosophy: 1) Man's relationship to a global community (main sculpture); 2) Man's relationship to his immediate community and to himself (wall hangings); and 3) Individual discovery of randomly selected man-made and natural objects (wall plaques). From the artists' statement dated August 3, 1970, this wall hanging "speaks of man and his growth through knowledge. It is acrylic paint applied with palette knife to fabric and is done in a range of blues and purples."Collection
Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1970.8Source or Donor
Kenneth LamersAcquisition Method
PurchaseMade/Created
Artist Information
Kenneth Lamers
Peter Mazurek