Art in Architecture: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, September 25, 1979 |
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Page 3 - Nature, for being; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and executed by the artist, not arbitrarily composed by him. And so every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.
Page 52 - The Committee is also of the opinion that the Federal government, no less than other public and private organizations concerned with the construction of new buildings, should take advantage of the increasingly fruitful collaboration between architecture and the fine arts. With these objects in view, the Committee recommends a threepoint architectural policy for the Federal government.
Page 11 - Let us create a new guild of craftsmen, without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist.
Page 27 - I think one of the most difficult things to do is to articulate what we feel about art.
Page 59 - Washington near the Yakima Indian reservation, schooled in art at the San Francisco Art Institute (he received his master of fine arts degree there in 1963). and currently lives in Cotati. California. His work, which he sees as a "two-way conversation," covers the media of sculpture, painting, assemblage, collage, and ceramics. At first he used these media independently, but in the sixties he began painting sculptures and adding parts including identifiable, everyday objects like hats and buckets...
Page 9 - Ladies and gentlemen, our next witness this morning is Dr. Lloyd Benjamin. You have to pardon me while I talk about our home State of Arkansas and bring to this committee one of our great contributors to art and art history. Dr. Lloyd Benjamin is an associate professor of art history at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Last year Dr. Benjamin was instrumental in organizing a conference in Little Rock entitled, and I quote, "Designing Our Environment : Artists Plus Architects Plus People.
Page 47 - Vitesse" was commissioned jointly by the Grand Rapids City Commission and the Kent County Board of Supervisors.
Page 59 - ... two-way conversation," covers the media of sculpture, painting, assemblage, collage, and ceramics. At first he used these media independently, but in the sixties he began painting sculptures and adding parts including identifiable, everyday objects like hats and buckets as well as nonrepresentational forms of his own creation. At the time he began combining media in this manner, his was a unique approach. Hudson, who is keeping his design closely guarded until its presentation and approval, will...
Page 21 - My philosophy, which has served me well in the private sector and at GSA, is that buildings should be people-oriented. Especially, our federal buildings should be warm, open and inviting in contrast to the cold, gloomy, sterile shells which characterized federal architecture a few years ago. Soon after arriving at GSA in April 1977, I realized that the agency's art-in-architecture program would make a tremendous contribution to this philosophy. The works of art commissioned under the GSA program...
Page 65 - I will do my best to sec this gets a proper review. Senator PRYOR. Count me as a supporter, as someone who wants to help you and is offering our services to help find a way to increase our annual support from one-half to 1 percent for this very meaningful program. Certainly it is a program which, I think, will be long remembered by our children and grandchildren and our greatgrandchildren, when some other things we do will not.