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Hans Van de Bovenkamp
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Maquette Install Object

A statement by the artist about "Roadway Confluence" was as follows:

The sculptural image that has emerged symbolizes the confluence of roadways. The roadways are represented by intertwining lines that undulate--widen and narrow as the perspective we perceive traveling through the Nebraska countryside of rolling hills. A conglomeration of cloverleaves, overpasses, viaducts and roadways disappearing into the horizon. In this sculpture these snaking lines reach skyward . . . since attractions will be that strong winds may sway these lines back and forth creating kinetic motion. By using polished aluminum . . . the era of technology is emphasized. Its highly reflective surfaces will catch the light and make the towering shapes visible from great distances, thus attracting the passerby for a visit to the rest stop. These contemporary materials will show the progress of growth and advancement of technology of Nebraska to its foreign visitors.1


References:

1. Nebraska Interstate 80 Bicentennial Sculpture Corporation, Official Records, File V-B#3, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE.

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