Stratum (sculpture)

Sculpture series in Portland, Oregon

Stratum

Stratum Project

Part of the installation in 2017

Artist| Mikyoung Kim
Year| 2016 (2016)
Dimensions| 4.3 m (14 ft)
Location| Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates| 45°27′51″N 122°39′38″W﻿ / ﻿45.46417°N 122.66056°W﻿ / 45.46417; -122.66056
Owner| City of Portland, Oregon

Stratum, also known as the "Stratum Project", is a series of 23 sculptures by landscape architect Mikyoung Kim, installed near Portland, Oregon's Sellwood Bridge, in the United States.[1]

## Description

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Stratum is a public art installation consisting of 23 multicolored sculptures, or "ecologically inspired geological totems", along the east approach to the Sellwood Bridge in southeast Portland's Sellwood neighborhood. The totems are 14 feet (4.3 m) tall and made of layered recycled materials intended to "create a surface representing earth, water and sky as a gateway to the Sellwood community".[1] They "rotate" at 90-degree angles. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the project's concept was "driven by the power and beauty of the geologic and natural phenomena" of the Willamette Valley. It was funded by the City of Portland's art program. The sculptures are owned by the city and maintained by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[1][2]

## History

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Mikyoung Kim's work was selected by the Regional Arts & Culture Council in 2012.[1][2] The totems were created by Art & Design Works of Cornelius.[1]

Workers began installing the totems in August 2016, starting on the south side of Southeast Tacoma Street. The remaining sculptures are slated to be installed on the north side of Tacoma Street by the end of 2016.[1]

## See also

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* Oregon portal
* Visual arts portal

* 2016 in art

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Hewitt, Lyndsey (August 11, 2016). "Sellwood gets new gateway, bridge art". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
2. ^ a b "Mikyoung Kim Selected for Sellwood Bridge Public Art Project". SellwoodBridge.org. July 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

## External links

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* Sellwood Bridge Gateway: Stratum Project at Mikyoung Kim Design

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Public art in Portland, Oregon

Sculptures

* 118 Modules
* Ainu and Native American power boards
* 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†
* Cairns
* Capitalism
* Cat in Repose
* Chinatown Gateway
* City Reflections
* Constellation
* Continuation
* Contact II
* Coraline's Curious Cat Trail†
* Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao
* Daddy Long Legs
* David Campbell Memorial
* Dog Bowl
* Driver's Seat
* Echo Gate
* Electronic Poet
* Facing the Crowd
* Farewell to Orpheus
* Festival Lanterns†
* Floribunda
* Folly Bollards
* Friendship Circle
* 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
* Kvinneakt
* Leland I
* Lewis and Clark Memorial Column
* Liberty Bell
* Little Prince
* Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician)
* Memory 99
* Mimir
* Nash
* Nepenthes
* Nightmare Elk†
* O Cruceiro
* Oregon Landscape
* Oregon Holocaust Memorial
* Oregon Irish Famine Memorial
* Passage
* Peace Chant
* People's Bike Library of Portland
* Perpetuity
* Pod
* Portland Immigrant Statue
* Portlandia
* The Promised Land†
* The Quest
* The Responsibility of Raising a Child
* Ring of Time
* The Rippling Wall
* River Legend
* Royal Rosarian
* Running Horses
* Salmon Cycle Marker
* The Scout
* Sculpture Stage
* Silicon Forest
* Silver Dawn
* Soaring Stones
* 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
* Chiming Fountain
* The Dreamer
* Essential Forces
* Fountain for Company H
* Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain
* Keller Fountain
* Lovejoy Fountain
* Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain
* Memorial Fountain
* Pioneer Woman
* Salmon Street Springs
* Shemanski Fountain
* Skidmore Fountain
* Thompson Elk Fountain†

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Portrait
statues|

* 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
* Lovejoy Columns
* 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

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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Sellwood-Moreland, Portland, Oregon

Buildings|

* Moreland Theater
* Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse
* Sellwood Branch YMCA
* Sellwood Masonic Lodge
* Sellwood-Moreland Library
* St. John's Episcopal Church
* Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home

Business|

* Baes Fried Chicken
* Bible Club
* Either/Or
* Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels
* Kaede
* Kay's Bar
* Mike's Drive-In
* Oaks Bottom Public House
* Papa Haydn
* PDX Sliders
* Philadelphia's Steaks and Hoagies
* Portland Puppet Museum
* Reverend's BBQ
* Saburo's
* Sebastiano's
* Twisted Croissant
* Wei Wei

| Defunct|

* Boxer Ramen
* Holler

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Geography|

* Johnson Creek Park
* Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
* Sellwood Park
* Sellwood Riverfront Park
* Westmoreland
* Westmoreland Park

| Oaks Amusement Park|

* Adrenaline Peak
* Herschell–Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel
* Oaks Park Roller Skating Rink
* Zip

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Public art|

* Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural
* Stratum
* Uroboros

Transit|

* Bybee Bridge
* Sellwood Bridge
* Southeast Bybee Boulevard station

Related|

* Sellwood Bee

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