stone sculpture, metal sculpture, public sculpture
Based in
Wells, New York, United States
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What the project record tells us
Airport arrival landscape
An airport work shaped around flight
Cardinalis connects a red wing-like element to the ground through a sweeping arch. Van Alstine’s project account links the composition to aviation and the Wright brothers, and documents installation at Indianapolis International Airport in April 2008. Granite, steel and titanium contribute distinct visual roles. For another transport setting, identify the approaches from which the intended gesture should be understood, then coordinate the artwork’s foundation, lighting and installation access with the airport team before the surrounding landscape and circulation plans are fixed.
From which passenger and roadway approaches must the aviation gesture read clearly?
Big Art Partners planning prompt
Stone and steel assemblage
Stone assembled through metal connections
Van Alstine assembles stone rather than carving it away. Found steel connects or suspends heavy stone, creating unusual apparent balance. His Sisyphean Circle series, begun in 2005, gives this labor a mythological context. Evaluate junctions alongside the silhouette. Request object-specific connection and lifting-point documentation, and establish how inspections can reach the places where materials meet.
How can the stone-to-metal connections be inspected without disturbing the composition?
Big Art Partners planning prompt
University solar calendar
A campus sculpture that marks the sun
Van Alstine’s commission list identifies Via Solaris at Indiana State University as a bronze and granite solstice calendar completed in 2006. Orientation contributes to its purpose. For a related campus work, establish the solar event, observation point and interpretation, and identify landscape changes that could obstruct them. Retain this information with long-term site records.
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