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An Open Book

Completion Date: 1996
Artists: Mayme Kratz, Debra Hopkins, and Valerie Vadala Homer
Location: Juniper Branch Library, 19th Ave. and Union Hills

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This artwork is inspired by the book as a physical object and as one of the principle tools associated with learning. The artwork focuses on the letters of the alphabet as the primary building blocks of our language and learning system. This sculpture is composed of 28 translucent cast resin blocks in a grid-like pattern attached to the curved wall of the library’s meeting room. Each block (or page) contains natural and found objects which are related to the letter of the alphabet inscribed on each block.

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