''The Knowledge'' is a 2010

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by Harrell Fletcher and Avalon Kalin, installed on the

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campus in

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, in the United States.

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''The Knowledge'' is a mural depicting books from

's (PSU)

Branford Price Millar Library The Branford Price Millar Library is the library of Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1968, the academic library was doubled in size in 1991 and houses over 1 million volumes. The five-story building ...

, installed along Southwest Fifth Avenue between Hall and College streets on the campus. According to PSU, the book titles "reflect education and sustainability efforts" and were selected by students, faculty, and staff.

(PSU): * * The artist wrote on his official website:

This was a percent for art public art project located on a large blank wall at the corner of SW 5th and Hall on the Portland State University campus. I worked with Avalon Kalin on the project and we contacted as many people on the PSU campus–students, faculty, staff, and asked them to recommend a book that they used in their teaching or studies that was available in the PSU library. We then pulled those books off the selves, stacked them up and had them photographed by Motoya Nakamura. The photo was then enlarged by a billboard company and attached to the wall. A plaque is included with all of the names of the people who participated in the project.

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Art on campus receives national recognition
(September 6, 2011), Portland State University
Portland's Public Art Shines at National Conference
(PDF), Portland State University {{DEFAULTSORT:Knowledge, The 2010 establishments in Oregon 2010 in art 2010 works 2010s murals Color photographs Murals in Oregon Portland State University campus Books in art Art in Portland, Oregon

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