ART
ARCHITECTURE
& HISTORY
in the Public Realm
Water Table / Water Glass

Artist
Buster Simpson
Collection
City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Dates
  • Installed, 2001
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Description
Water Table / Water Glass sited in the Ellington Condominium plaza exemplifies how art can work on a number of meaningful levels. As sculpture, Water Table / Water Glass provide a domestic tableau. As metaphor, Water Table / Water Glass are two elements, which create utilitarian fountains; the glass becomes a vessel, a cistern, and a detention tank; the table expresses the philosophical approach for the plaza's landscape irrigation water table system as well as a usable table when dry. Both scul...
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Location
Ellington Condominiums
2801 1st. Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
United States

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