Every Civilization Carries a Temple

Item

Title

Every Civilization Carries a Temple

Description

Assemblage in the shape of a four-sided temple and processional way. Temple is constructed of a four-gabled blue wood roof over cinder blocks, with red bricks at the corners. The peak of the temple is a wooden stepladder with three rungs on one side and four on the other. On the side with three rungs, the bottom third is painted green, the middle third black, and the top third red. On the side with four rungs, the bottom rung and below are painted yellow, the other rungs blue, black, and red ascending. The processional way running up to the temple is aluminum sheet metal flanked by cinder block curbs and six pillars, three on each side. The pillars are constructed of concrete columns with capitals of a concrete block and a red brick.

Subject

Assemblages (sculpture)
Religious facilities

Creator

Minter, Joe

Language

English

Type

Format

found objects
wooden stepladder
red bricks
concrete
aluminum sheet metal
cinder blocks.