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Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Science, Technology and Industry Replica of an institutional, steel, drinking fountain that one finds in offices and schools. Normally located up against a wall, Asher includes a lip on one edge of the basin even though his drinking fountain is free standing. Asher's work pulls in the already existing elements of the site, bringing symmetry to a previously asymmetric layout. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) Located on the grassy median in Mathews Quad, Asher's fountain is juxtaposed with a large American flag and a granite landmark commemorating the former Camp Matthews, a military training facility from 1917 to 1964, which occupied the land on which the University of California, San Diego now stands. The original flagpole from the military base still stands. Matthews Quad, University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States
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image
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Granite (rock); water
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replicas public art political art outdoor sculpture installations drinking fountains landscape architecture site-specific works sculpture
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ark:/20775/bb82269049
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Symmetry American Quadrangles (open spaces) Monuments Drinking fountains Trees Lawns (landscaped grass) Banality (Philosophy) Campuses Contemporary Paths University of California, San Diego--History Replicas Public art Political art Outdoor sculpture Installations Landscape architecture Site-specific works Sculpture
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