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''Alluvial Wall'' is an outdoor 2001 sculpture by Peter Nylen and the architectural firm Rigga located along the
Eastbank Esplanade The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. Running through the Kerns, Buckman, and Hosford-Abernethy ne ...
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Description

The sculpture is made of mild steel, cast silicon bronze, cast iron and electric light, and measures , x x , . It was funded by the City of Portland Development Commission's Percent for Art program. According to the
Regional Arts & Culture Council The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It evolved from the cityâ ...
, which administers the work, ''Alluvial Wall'' "alludes to the interwoven layers of the river's pre-industrial alluvial geology. It is an echo of the natural shape of the river before Portland was Portland." In her walking tour of Portland, one author said the sculpture resembles "what you might see on a beach after the tide goes out". Its copper "kelp-like strips" are embedded with black metal objects, including a child's ball, a morel mushroom and a railroad spike. The sculpture is one of four by Rigga along the esplanade; the others are '' Echo Gate'' and '' Stack Stalk'' by Ean Eldred and ''
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'' by James Harrison. ''Alluvial Wall'' is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.


See also

*
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* Statue of Vera Katz, a 2006 sculpture of
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along the Eastbank Esplanade


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''Alluvial Wall''
at the Public Art Archive {{Public art in Portland, Oregon 2001 establishments in Oregon 2001 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon Buckman, Portland, Oregon Iron sculptures in the United States Outdoor sculptures in Southeast Portland, Oregon Steel sculptures in Portland, Oregon