Client: Imaginart in the Alleys
Location: Marion, IA, United States
Completion date: 2016
Artwork budget: $25,000
Project Team
Artist
Dan Perry
Dan Perry Sculpture
Client
City of Marion
Art Consultant
Karen Hoyt
Overview
My intention is for this artwork to energize the space by complementing the hard-edged architecture of the buildings with a colorful, dynamic sculpture at a scale that will serve as a landmark for the site. I wanted the artwork to reflect Marion's vibrant community while hinting at its past.
Goals
My intention is for this artwork to energize the space by complementing the hard-edged architecture of the buildings with a colorful, dynamic sculpture at a scale that will serve as a landmark for the site. Elements of the sculpture reference mechanical components of steam engines such as gears and wheels, which is a nod to Marion’s past as a railroad town. The elements are composed in a way to suggest growth,movement, and progress to parallel the community’s mission with the ImaginArt in the Alleys project. The sculpture “speaks” to the similarities between a machine (such as a locomotive) and a community- each has several moving parts that need to work together to achieve a goal.