Imagination Trees, The Nature of Wonder
- Stainless steel, powder coated
- Pete Goldlust
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Not For Sale
The Imagination Trees are a grouping of five colorful, wind-driven kinetic sculptures greet visitors outside the building. The five sculptural themes include: Goose/Narwhal, Antelope/Cardinal, Fish/Flower, and Whale/Caterpillar.
The Nature of Wonder is an expansive three-part installation that celebrates the natural environment of central Nebraska, while also supporting an atmosphere of creative exploration, wonder, and imaginative play throughout the public entry area of the Plambeck Early Childhood
Education Center.
The three component elements are: five Imagination Trees kinetic sculptures; a Desk Frieze relief work; and Wonder Wall glass window graphic treatment.
Inspirations for the work are drawn from regional flora and fauna- particularly the relationships between pollinators and plants. This includes plants like Coneflowers, Primrose, Spiderwort, and pollinators like native bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other local creatures. Curling, spiraling line work references the elaborate trail systems of pheromones left by pollinators as they wind their way between flowers. A few stray whales compete with them as well, in honor of Nebraska’s status as an official whaling-free sanctuary state. And the work references forces of nature and circadian rhythms through an array of cosmological iconography.
Pete Goldlust lives and works in Eugene, Oregon.
- Subject Matter: animals
- Created: November 07, 2022
- Inventory Number: 30J.763.2022
- Current Location: University of Nebraska Kearney - Plambeck Early Childhood Education Center - 2504 9th Ave Kearney , NE 68849 (google map)
- Collections: 1. New Acquisitions, University of Nebraska Kearney