''Burls Will Be Burls'' is an outdoor 2009
bronze sculpture
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by American artist
Bruce Conkle, located in
Portland, Oregon
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Description and history
''Burls Will Be Burls'' was designed by Bruce Conkle and completed in 2009 as a tribute to
snowmen
A snowman is an anthropomorphic snow sculpture of a man often built in regions with sufficient snowfall and is a common winter tradition. In many places, typical snowmen consist of three large snowballs of different sizes with some additional ...
and to the forests of the Pacific Northwest. It is installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and West Burnside. The art installation consists of three cast bronze figures representing "what might happen when a snowman melts and nourishes a nearby living tree", as "water is absorbed by the roots and carries the spirit of the melted snowman up into the tree where it manifests itself as burls".
The three snowmen measure x x , x x ,
and x x , respectively.
[ The work is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of 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 ...
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See also
* 2009 in art
The year 2009 in art involved various significant events.
Events
* May 31 – Jaume Plensa's concrete sculpture ''Dream (sculpture), Dream'' is unveiled at a former colliery site in Sutton, St Helens, England.
* September 9 – Herning Museum of ...
References
External links
Bruce Conkle: Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts 2011
at The Ford Family Foundation
(October 20, 2014) at Art and Architecture – San Francisco
at TriMet
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{{Public art in Portland, Oregon
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