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Artist/Creator (1)	Leicester, Andrew John (born 1948)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Artist/Creator (2)	Glaser Associates
Artist/Creator (2).Role	architectural firm
Artist/Creator (3)	William Guentter and Son, Inc.
Artist/Creator (3).Role	contractor
Title/Caption	Cincinnati Gateway
Date of Work	1988. Dedicated June 4, 1988
Description of View	Detail view with 'head of the Ohio' element in foreground
Notes	Photograph courtesy of Andrew Leicester. Located Bicentennial Commons, Entrance at Sawyer Point, south end of Eggleston Avenue at Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH. Sponsor/Developer: Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission. Project Description: Fifteen assorted elements, depicting the intriguing, amusing, historical and educational imagery of Cincinnati, were created by the artist in this ambitious environmental work along the shores of the Ohio River. Fifteen symbols of Cincinnati's history are integrated into the walls and other constructed objects of this piece. The work consists of a 300-foot-long mound with a stream running along the top, an actual-size canal boat, a 60-foot-tall tower marking high-water levels for the Ohio River, a quartet of 3-foot-tall pigs perched atop entrance columns raised 22-feet in the air, and serpentine 'lock walls' suggesting the flow of the river. Project History: From its inception in early 1986 to its completion in May, 1988, the concept of commemorative Bicentennial sculpture underwent an extensive selection process. More than 70 artists, architects and designers responded to a national invitational sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Contemporary Arts Center. A selection committee reviewed the entries and reduced the field to six finalists who were invited to Cincinnati to visit the site and conduct the necessary research, then were given five months to work up a proposal with drawings and models of their ideas. In April of 1987 the committee studied these six entries and interviewed each artist. Their choice was British-born sculptor Andrew Leicester, who had captured the mood and romance that the Committee had been seeking. Cincinnati contractor William Guentter & Son, Inc., dedicated his crew to completing Cincinnati Gateway for the grand celebration in June of 1988.
Technique/Process	architecture, sculpture
Materials/Medium	mixed media, including brick, ceramic tile, concrete, stone, bronze, steel, water and wood; some elements painted
Dimensions	Overall dimensions: ca. 115 x 300 x 100 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Cincinnati, Ohio (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Bicentennial Common
Related Persons	Artist/Creator (1) also appears as Andrew Leicester
Subject	Architecture, American Sculpture, American Architecture, 20th Century Public art
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part IV
Reference Number	Art on File PAIV-45(6)-6
Collection Title	Architecture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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