Untitled (Wall hanging about the family of man growing together)
Name/Title
Untitled (Wall hanging about the family of man growing together)Context
Part of a series of art created specifically for the old North Milwaukee/Villard Library by the architect of the library, Kenneth Lamers and his associate Peter Mazurek. See entry # 917 for background on the Villard/North Milwaukee art collection. The collection consisted of a main wall sculpture, two wall hangings, and four supplementary "wall plaques." According to the artists, "[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, 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)." According to the artists' statement, "[t]he leather hanging re-states the idea of the family of man growing together. It is fabricated of six layers of dyed suede and natural finish leather all in earth tones."Collection
Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1970.8Source or Donor
Kenneth LamersAcquisition Method
PurchaseMade/Created
Artist Information
Kenneth Lamers
Peter Mazurek