Angel of the West
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| Artist | Julian Voss-Andreae |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Stainless steel |
| Dimensions | 3.7 m × 3.7 m × 1.2 m (12 ft × 12 ft × 4 ft) |
| Location | Jupiter, Florida, United States |
| Owner | The Scripps Research Institute |
Angel of the West is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, USA. The sculpture was made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. Referencing British sculptor Antony Gormley's monumental 1998 piece Angel of the North it was created based on an antibody structure published by E. Padlan[1] for the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute.[2] The antibody is placed into a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man highlighting the similar proportions of the antibody and the human body.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Padlan, Eduardo (February 1994). "Anatomy of the antibody molecule". Mol. Immunol. 31 (3): 169–217. doi:10.1016/0161-5890(94)90001-9. PMID 8114766.
- ^ "New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus". http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20081110/sculpture.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "Protein sculpture inspired by Vitruvian Man". http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/22/protein-sculpture-in.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
[edit] External links
- Oregon Art Beat: Quantum Sculptures with Julian Voss-Andreae Oregon Public Broadcasting TV piece about the creation of Angel of the West (December 2008)
- Protein Data Bank newsletter Interview: Julian Voss-Andreae, Protein Sculptor (pp. 9–11, January 2007)
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