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Artist Jim Sanborn was born in Washington, DC on November 14, 1945. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1969 with a double major in art history and sociology. He received his Masters degree in sculpture from Pratt Institute in 1971. Sanborn has received numerous awards and grants and has exhibited in major museums in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Jim Sanborn's public artworks are located in Japan, Taiwan and many locations in the United States. This site offers an extensive selection of images and descriptions of these works. Jim Sanborn's most recent project Terrestrial Physics is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver as part of the Biennial of the Americas, this exhibition runs until October 15, 2010. |
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Title: Terrestrial Physics, 2010 Location: MCA Denver, Denver, CO Materials: Mixed materials, original parts, artifacts and video Size: 18'x30'x50' |
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Title: Terrestrial Physics, 2010 Location: MCA Denver, Denver, CO Materials: Mixed materials, original parts, artifacts and video Size: 18'x30'x50' |
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Title: Terrestrial Physics, 2010 Location: MCA Denver, Denver, CO Materials: Mixed materials, original parts, artifacts and video Size: 18'x30'x50' |
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Title: Terrestrial Physics, 2010 Location: Outside studio Materials: Mixed materials, original parts and artifacts Size: 28'x20'x10' |
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Title: Critical Assembly, laboratory
environment for the assembly of the Trinity device, 1998-2004 Location: Gwangju Biennale, South Korea Materials: Mixed materials, original parts and artifacts Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Critical Assembly Detail: Bottom Half of the Trinity Device, 1998-2004 Location: Gwangju Biennale, South Korea Materials: Mixed materials, original parts and artifacts Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Critical Assembly Detail: Assembly for Critical Mass, 1998-2004 Location: Gwangju Biennale, South Korea Materials: Mixed materials, original parts and artifacts Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Critical Assembly Detail:
Los Alamos Prototype II, 1998-2004 Location: Gwangju Biennale, South Korea Materials: Mixed materials, original prototypes and artifacts Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Covert Obsolescence: The Code Room, 1993 Location: Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC Materials: Copper, text, projected light and petrified tree Size: 18'x20'x50' |
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Title: Covert Obsolescence, The Listening Post, 1993 Location: Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC Materials: Pulped C.I.A. documents, copper screen, 35mm film projection of lava falls Size: 18'x20'x30' |
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Title: Animisme, 1993 Location: High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA Materials: Shinto rice straw rope and paper, suspended Size: 15' in diameter |
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Title: Covert Obsolescence, The Listening Post, 1993 Location: Studio installation Materials: Pulped C.I.A. documents, copper screen Size: 9'x15'x15' |
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Title: North by Northwest, 1981 Location: Artists Space, New York, NY Materials: Lodestone, compasses, sandstone and light Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Coriolis, 1985-1992 Location: The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC Materials: Sandstone, museum specimens, whirlpool and light Size: Dimensions variable |
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Title: Thunderhead Horizon, 1985 Location: Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC Materials: Sandstone, lodestone, shadow Size: 12'x24'x4' |
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Title: Invisible Forces, 1985 Location: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC Materials: Lodestone, compasses, sandstone and light Size: 10'x30'x5' |
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Title: The Mummy Room, 1980 Location: The Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia Materials: Stone, Egyptian mummy, mummy case Size: 8'x14'x20' |
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Title: All Things Turned to Stone, 1988 Location: LA County Museum of Art Materials: Petrified tree, broken tree, stone and dowsing rods Size: 14'x20'x5' |
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Title: Radiance, 2008 Location: Department of Energy, Coast, and Environment, Lousianna State University, Baton Rouge, LA Materials: Bronze, waterjet cut text, pin point light source Size: Projection cylinders: 8' high x 5' diameter |
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Title: Lux, 2001 Location: Old Post Office Building; Fort Myers, Florida Materials: Bronze, Native American and Latin texts, pin point light source Size: Projection cylinders: 8' high x 5' diameter |
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Title: A Comma, A, 2004 Location: Plaza in front of the new library, University of Houston, Houston, TX Materials: Copper, international language texts, light, black granite paving inlay Size: 6'x26'x80' |
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Title: Kryptos, 1989 Location: Courtyard plaza, Central Intelligence Agency; Langley, Virginia Materials: Granite, quartz, lodestone, copper, encoded text, water Size: 12'x20'x10' |
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Title: A Comma, A, 2004 Location: Plaza in front of the new library, University of Houston Materials: Copper, text, light, black granite paving inlay Size: 6'x26'x80' |
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Title: Kryptos, 1989 Location: Courtyard lawn, Central Intelligence Agency; Langley, Virginia Materials: Granite, quartz, lodestone, copper, encoded text, water Size: 3'x60'x12' |
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Title: Coastline, 1993 Location: NOAA Museum of the Sea, Silver Spring, Maryland Materials: Pheumatic wave generator, granite, modem connection for real time wave height Size: 100'x50' |
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Title: Paleos, 1994 Location: MIT Department of Microbiology, Cambridge, MA Materials: Mixed materials with large format floor projection Size: Variable dimentions |
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Title: Rippawam, 1999 Location: University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT Materials: Rolled copper, Native American texts with English translation Size: 6'x26'x4' |
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Title: Antipodes, 1997 Location: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC Materials: Copper, encoded text, petrified tree Size: 11'x6'x3' |
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