Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Opening reception for Mooney installation is Wednesday evening
 An opening reception and lighting ceremony for the John David Mooney art installation will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in front of the Liberal Arts Center. John David Mooney, a major artist and urban designer known for his large-scale public sculptures, is artist-in-residence in the College of Liberal Arts in April. While at USI, Mooney will present the 2008 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Scholar Lecture and create a three-phase art installation on the USI quadrangle. Mooney has executed large-scale, site-specific pieces encompassing architecture and landscape for such clients as the U.S. State Department, the Australian government, the Vatican Observatory, the British Foreign Office, the Maltese government, the IBM Corporation, and American Airlines. His work has included a 133-foot-long rooftop light sculpture in Los Angeles; an aluminum and Waterford crystal work hanging in the atrium of the John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago; light sculptures in the Chicago Tribune Tower and Adler Planetarium; and a sundial sculpture at the Papal Palace, Castel Gandolfo. Mooney was commissioned to do a major work for the 1996 Atlantic Olympic Games, StarDance®, a 48-story light sculpture, transformed the BellSouth building located adjacent to the Olympic Village into a glowing and kinetic light sculpture reaching eight miles high. He is the founder and artistic director of the John David Mooney Foundation in Chicago, an organization which provides a postgraduate study program for international artists and architects. For more about Mooney’s work, accomplishments, and honors, go to the Distinguished Scholar Lecture Web page. Mooney will present “Public Art: An Energizing Intervention” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Carter Hall in the University Center. From April 9 to 16, he will work on the quadrangle with USI students. The installation will be implemented in three phases. The first phase is a large-scale drawing on the quad, made with natural materials native to this area. Katie Waters, professor of art, said that Mooney has researched the history of the area and often uses universal symbols in his work. The second phase of the installation will take place during an opening and lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. The third will be implemented in the fall, when Mooney will return to work with students at USI and in New Harmony. |
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