Art in Courthouses (and/or public buildings) - NRR

[dollar_bin]

The campus where I work has lots of public art on display. Not too surprising, as many colleges have a lot of art, but it's a brand new campus and they've got shitloads of money and have a pretty good website listing the pieces:<b,121<b,121One of my co-workers schmoozed her way onto the selection committee and I'm insanely jealous.

 

[bassie]

<img src="http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/MBA/artwork/larner3.jpg"1 <b,121<b,121I really like these - the chandeliers are amazing!<b,121<b,121 <img src="http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/MBA/artwork/isermann6.jpg"1

 

[james1ski]

This is a sculpture out the front of the Brisbane Magistrates Court. For me and some others I know in the profession it reminds us of the ribbon that a barrister's brief was traditionally tied with.<b,121<b,121 <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/325983515_98e5938c61.jpg"1

 

[Saracenus]

I haven't been in an Oregon court since jury duty. A quick search on the internets produced this: <b,121<b,121OREGON SUPREME COURT<b,121http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ORSCcourtroomstainedglass.JPG<b,121<b,121Wayne L. Morse Courthouse in Eugene, OR <b,121http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2006/11/doing_a_lot_of.html<b,121<b,121Oregon Public Broadcasting - Think Out Load series on Public Art<b,121http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/posts/list/1079213.page<b,121Note: The host of this show, Emily Harris, was a classmate of mine in High School.<b,121<b,121If I have some time I will try and take a camera to the county courthouse downtown. I have to go pay a parking ticket anyway.<b,121<b,121And of course, no discussion of Public Art in Oregon can pass without a special tribute to Ryerson's famous photo of ex-Portland Mayor Bud Clark...<b,121<b,121<img src="http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Saracenus/Misc/m-ryerson-expose-yourself-to-art.jpg"1<b,121<b,121"A man shows a statue his private collection in M. Ryerson???s hilarious ???Expose Yourself to Art.??? Future Portland Mayor Bud Clark and Ryerson came up with the idea of Clark flashing the statue over a beer then held a caption-writing contest for the title. Scrounging up money to print the poster???s initial run, they sold 800 copies the first day and 250,000 copies over the next five years."

 

[mrmatthew]

PBS American Masters just showed this dude:<b,121<b,121http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Clemente_Orozco<b,121<b,121Last night.<b,121His stuff is all over courthouses in Mexico.