Artwork copyright Jeffrey Bishop. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.
Artwork copyright Jeffrey Bishop. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1986.
Anvil, 1983
Jeffrey Bishop
(American, born 1949)
Location: Nisqually Middle School, Olympia
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Artist Jeffrey Bishop included the painting Anvil in his solo-exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in 1983. He filled the horizontal composition with abstracted forms that emerge and retreat into space. He describes these forms as "facets of an ideal or mental architecture."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with North Thurston Public Schools.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
New York City-based artist Jeffrey Bishop creates abstract paintings, installations, and works on paper. He notes, "I draw obliquely from a variety of interests. Physics, cosmology, architecture, poetics and technology are among subjects which consume me but which I pursue and parse with a rather amateur kind of passion." Born in Berkeley, California, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He received a Graduate Certificate from Boston Museum School, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1977.
ARTWORK DETAILS
| Medium | Watercolor paint on paper |
| Dimensions | 5 in x 22 in |
| ID Number | WSAC1985.089.000 |
| Acquisition Method | Direct purchase |
| Artist Location | New York, United States |
Location Information
| Agency | North Thurston Public Schools |
| Artwork Location | Nisqually Middle School Hallway, To right of main office, Grand foyer |
| WA County | Thurston |
| Placement | Interior |
| Site Type | Public School |
| Address | 8100 Steilacoom Rd. NE Olympia, WA 98503 |
| Geo. Coordinates | 47.047473, -122.766893 |
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