Norwood Viviano, Mining Industries: Downtown Boston, 2015, glass and steel, 39 1⁄2 × 13 3⁄8 × 16 in. (100.3 × 34.0 × 40.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund and the Decorative Arts and Crafts Endowment and gift of Ms. Pace Barnes, 2017.28, © 2015, Norwood Viviano
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Mining Industries: Downtown Boston
- Artist
- Date
- 2015
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 39 1⁄2 × 13 3⁄8 × 16 in. (100.3 × 34.0 × 40.6 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2015, Norwood Viviano
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund and the Decorative Arts and Crafts Endowment and gift of Ms. Pace Barnes
- Mediums Description
- glass and steel
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Cityscape — Massachusetts — Boston
- Architecture Exterior — commercial — skyscraper
- Object — written matter — map
- Object Number
- 2017.28
Artwork Description
In his Mining Industries series, Viviano uses high-resolution maps to render digital models of contemporary urban areas. He then prints these models with a 3-D printer and casts the patterns in glass, overlaying the resulting cityscapes onto historical maps and supporting them with fabricated steel. By revealing the transformation of each city over time, Viviano's artworks tell larger stories about the effects of urbanization and industry on our fragile communities. At the same time, the artist offers a reflection on the nature of the data itself, which sometimes conceals as much as it reveals.
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