Korean Temple Bell

Bronze bell in Portland, Oregon

Korean Temple Bell

The bell in 2011

Artist| Unknown
Year| 1989 (1989)
Type| Sculpture
Medium| Bronze
Location| Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates| 45°31′47″N 122°39′50″W﻿ / ﻿45.52984°N 122.66382°W﻿ / 45.52984; -122.66382

Korean Temple Bell, part of the sound installation by composer Robert Coburn called Bell and Wind Environment (along with Bell Circles II),[1] is an outdoor bronze bell by an unknown Korean artist, housed in a brick and granite pagoda outside the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, United States.

## History

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The temple bell was gifted by the people of Ulsan, South Korea, and dedicated on January 11, 1989. It cost $59,000 and was funded through the Convention Center's One Percent for Art program and by private donors. According to the Smithsonian Institution, some residents raised concerns about the bell's religious symbolism and its placement outside a public building. It was surveyed by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in July 1993, though its condition was undetermined.[2]

## See also

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* 1989 in art
* History of Korean Americans in Portland, Oregon
* Host Analog (1991) and The Dream (1998), also located outside the Oregon Convention Center
* Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon)
* Victory Bell (University of Portland)

## References

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1. ^ "Oregon Convention Center: Art Walking Tour" (PDF). Oregon Convention Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
2. ^ "(Korean Temple Bell), (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Korean Temple Bell.

* Sister city gives bell (January 13, 1989), Eugene Register-Guard
* Bells to stay despite Christian objections (November 28, 1990), The Bulletin
* Bell of Sisterhood, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon at Waymarking

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Buildings|

* DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Portland
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* Ainu and Native American power boards
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* Korean Temple Bell
* Little Prince
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* Silicon Forest
* Streetcar Stop for Portland
* Terra Incognita
* The Dream
* Three Figures

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Sculptures

* 118 Modules
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* Allow Me
* Alluvial Wall
* Along These Lines
* Artwall
* Ascension
* Awning
* Bell Circles II
* Broken Wall Memorial
* Brushstrokes
* Burls Will Be Burls
* The Burnside Nest
* Bust of York†
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* Cat in Repose
* Chinatown Gateway
* City Reflections
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* Contact II
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* Daddy Long Legs
* David Campbell Memorial
* Dog Bowl
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* Echo Gate
* Electronic Poet
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* Farewell to Orpheus
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* Floribunda
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* From Within Shalom
* Garden Wreath
* Ghost Ship
* The Green Man of Portland
* Heart Beacon
* Holon
* Host Analog
* Howard's Way
* Ideals
* In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault†
* In the Shadow of the Elm
* Interlocking Forms
* Inversion: Plus Minus
* John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial
* Kerf
* Korean Temple Bell
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* Leland I
* Lewis and Clark Memorial Column
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* Little Prince
* Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician)
* Memory 99
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* The Quest
* The Responsibility of Raising a Child
* Ring of Time
* The Rippling Wall
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* The Scout
* Sculpture Stage
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* Solar Wreath
* Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument
* Spanish–American War Veterans Memorial†
* Stack Stalk
* Stratum
* Streetcar Stop for Portland
* Talos No. 2
* Tecotosh
* Terra Incognita
* Theodore Roosevelt Memorial†
* This All Happened More or Less
* Thor
* Three Figures
* Tikitotmoniki Totems
* Transcendence
* Tree of Life
* Triad
* Trio
* Trigger 4
* Unfolding Rhythms
* Untitled
* Killmaster
* Morrison
* West
* Upstream Downtown
* Urban Hydrology
* Uroboros
* Velosaurus
* Ventana al Pacifico
* Victory Bell
* Voices of Remembrance
* Water, Please
* We Have Always Lived Here
* Weather Machine
* Whistlestop for an Organ Teacher
* Wind Gate
* Winter Rider No. 2
* Yankee Champion
* You Are Here

| Fountains|

* Animals in Pools
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* The Dreamer
* Essential Forces
* Fountain for Company H
* Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain
* Keller Fountain
* Lovejoy Fountain
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* Memorial Fountain
* Pioneer Woman
* Salmon Street Springs
* Shemanski Fountain
* Skidmore Fountain
* Thompson Elk Fountain†

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* Paul Bunyan
* Captain William Clark Monument
* Coming of the White Man
* The Dream
* Benjamin Franklin
* Thomas Jefferson
* Joan of Arc
* Vera Katz
* Abraham Lincoln†
* Oddo Memorial
* Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste
* Harvey W. Scott†
* Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider†
* George Washington†
* York: Terra Incognita

Murals

* Art Fills the Void
* Avenue of Murals
* Black Lives Matter street mural†
* Capax Infiniti
* Conduit
* The Continuity of Life Forms
* George Floyd mural†
* The Knowledge
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* Never Look Away
* Oregon History
* Packy mural†
* Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural
* Tri It
* We Stand with You
* Women Making History in Portland
* Woodstock Mural

Related

* A Donkey, 3 Rocks, and a Bird.
* Art collection of Oregon Health & Science University
* Benson Bubbler
* Black Lives Matter art
* Elkhorn
* Fathom (art installation)†
* Graffiti in Portland, Oregon
* Horse rings
* Martini glass sign
* Robot Alley
* Santa Clones

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