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A new sculpture that becomes part of the state’s public art collection will be installed April 28-May 2 in the Helen Sommers Building on the Capitol Campus in Olympia.
The artwork was paid for using one-half of 1 percent of the building construction costs, as required by state law, and it will be the third significant work of art on the Capitol Campus created a female artist. The State Art Collection currently holds more than 4,500 works, making Washington’s one of the oldest and largest state public art collections.
The Capitol Campus alone is home to more than 20 permanent sculptures, fountains and memorials that reflect our State’s character and history and enrich the visitor experience at the State Capitol.
The new piece, titled “Hydro Logic,” is a contemporary, three-dimensional work by Seattle artist Beliz Brother, who has created several notable public art installations in the Northwest. It will hang on a three-story wall of the atrium at the building’s core, freely visible to the public.
“Hydro Logic” is 13 feet wide, 41 feet tall and was designed to reflect upon one of our state’s greatest natural resources – water. The artwork is divided into 10 sections, which the artist says represent 10 major watershed areas in the state.
“It recognizes our industries of shipping and fishing and forestry, our beauty, our recreational activities and the very importance of water to all life,” Brother wrote in the proposal submitted for the selection process.
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