{"id":7105,"date":"2012-08-10T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:44","slug":"three-shades-of-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/three-shades-of-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Shades of Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u201cThree Shades of Green\u201d and eighteen feet high, a new and colorful beacon floating above waves of campus construction. Jim Collins, former art professor at UTC, has created a sculpture fashioned with three powder-coated aluminum figures sitting 15 feet high, perched atop recycled fiber\u00adglass turbine blades.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7119\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"7119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/three-shades-of-green\/artinstallation2012-threeshadesofgreen_08\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343317494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Three Shades of Green&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-7119   \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ArtInstallation2012-ThreeShadesofGreen_08-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Shades of Green<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was decided to position the piece so that it over\u00adlooks green space and the new library.<\/p>\n<p>The figures represent the students of UTC and remind them \u201cthat they will and do hold the an\u00adswers to today\u2019s problems and the future belongs to them,\u201d Collins\u2019 says in his artist\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople love seeing things in the art world that are easy to identify,\u201d Collins explained. \u201cHowever, most people treasure art that is challenging in its inter\u00adpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins is primarily a sculptor who works in a figurative manner, recognizable in his long running series the <em>WATCHER<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 His sculpture style has been characterized by the use of silhouette figures constructed of stainless steel, aluminum and other metals.<\/p>\n<p>He received the A.B. degree from Marshall University in West Virginia, the M.P.H. degree from the University of Michigan, and the M.F.A. degree in sculpture from Ohio University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u201cThree Shades of Green\u201d and eighteen feet high, a new and colorful beacon floating above waves of campus construction. 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