Object Details
Artist
Norwood Viviano, born Royal Oak, MI 1972
Exhibition Label
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.
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
Credit Line
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
Copyright
© 2015, Norwood Viviano
Date
2015
Object number
2017.28
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts
Crafts
Medium
glass and steel
Dimensions
39 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 16 in. (100.3 × 34.0 × 40.6 cm)
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Department
Renwick Gallery
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Cityscape\Massachusetts\Boston
Architecture Exterior\commercial\skyscraper
Object\written matter\map
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2017.28