City celebrates latest addition of sculpture to public arts collection
What: Next month, the City of Portland's International Jetport along with the Portland Public Art Committee and June LaCombe Sculpture are hosting a reception to celebrate and welcome the latest addition of sculpture, Tidal Moon by Maine sculptor Jesse Salisbury, and gifted to the City of Portland’s public arts collection by William D. and Mary Louse Hamill (photo attached).
Tidal Moon is the twenty-ninth piece in the city’s art collection and the second gifted by the Hamills’ for placement at the airport. The first artwork entitled Glimpse is comprised of a series of sculptures including a herd of deer, a porcupine, and wolf, and was installed last November.
Tidal Moon stands fourteen feet tall and is made from split Maine granite reassembled and pinned with stainless steel. The use of Maine granite is intended to represent the bedrock in a constantly changing world. Since the Ice Age, granite boulders have been moved by glaciers and left in areas throughout Maine. Tidal Moon sits on a massive base and has a presence of grandeur. The location for the sculpture is just to the left of the walkway outside the baggage claim doors and near the waiting parking lot. Because of its massive size, the sculpture will be visible both from the drive along the roadway as well as the walkway to the parking garage. Tidal Moon is comprised of two large split granite columns, which elevate a granite sphere reminiscent of a jewel in a pronged setting.
Jesse Salisbury is an internationally celebrated artist from Steuben, Maine. He was born in Machias and graduated from Colby College. Though Salisbury has Maine roots, he has lived in Japan and has participated in Sculpture symposia in Japan, Egypt, and New Zealand as well as the US. He is the founder and host of Maine’s International Sculpture Symposium in Schoodic Maine. Salisbury was a featured artist at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland in 2010. He starts with massive granite blocks and uses splitting techniques following the contours of the material.
Following approval by the City Council, installation of the artwork was completed this summer. For further information about the reception contact June LaCombe at jlacombe@maine.rr.com or 207-688-4468.
When: Friday, November 2, 2012
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: Meet and Greet area (first floor, adjacent to Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Portland International Jetport, Portland
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