Tag: Jim Sanborn

Words outside: The Work of Jim Sanborn

 A Comma, A, 2004.  Copper, international language texts, light, black granite paving inlay6'x26'x80. Plaza in front of the new library, University of Houston, Houston, TXJim Sanborn's sculptures grace the landscapes of a number of universities, museums and government buildings. From outside the C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, VA to the front entrance of the University of Houston library Sanborn's works entice the passerby to engage.Rippawam, 1999. Rolled copper, Native American texts with English translationSize: 6'x26'x4'. University of Connecticut, Stamford, CTWhether it is his series of lighted installations that have featured Native American, Latin and "international language" texts splattered all over the surrounding space or his series of...

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