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Spacescapes©
by Cecil Herring
Sculpture
Polyvinyl
Chloride power sprayed over Welded Steel, painted in DayGlo.
from left: Bardo
Passage, Flight to Ganymede Mobile, Neptune's Siren, Nergal Tower,
Mother is Yellow mobile in 4 parts, A place in Space, Whalebone
in two Parts.
Spacescapes©
by Cecil Herring
Solo
Show, Oct. 1971
Center
Gallery
49
W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y.
Collection
was created by making armatures of welded Steel and space junk covered
with liquid polyvinyl chloride force sprayed with a Bink's spray
gun using a diesel compressor.
The
collection of 33 works were then
painted
with DayGlo colors. The show took a year to create. 
Show
traveled to:
Air
Force Space Museum
Cape
Canaveral, FL 1972
Stetson
University, Sampson Gallery,
Deland,
FL,1973
Gallery
Three, North Miami, FL, 1974
A Leap
into Space
welded
steel and sprayable pvc, electrified
6'
by 5' x 4.5'
destroyed
by viewer at AF Space Museum!
Hadley's
Rill
(actual
Moon location)
welded
steel and pvc, electrified
wall
hanging
6.5
feet x 4 feet x 2 feet deep
artist's
collection
Hanging
Gardens in Space
3 hanging
sculptures from Spacescapes Show
welded
steel and PVC
collection
of artist
"Bardo
Passage,"
steel and plastic, 4 feet by 3.5 feet sculpture
Abstract of Buddhist belief in passage of soul after death.
collection of the artist
"A
Setting for the Fabulous Feathers"
sculpture
in two parts, steel and pvc, painted
4.5
feet by 2 feet by 4 feet.
Abstraction
of actual Japanese pea hen in a special royal garden designed
with low plantings to support the beautiful tail feathers.
Private
collection
Nergal
Steel
and plastic
29"
high
Missing.
If you see this sculpture, notify artist
Moon
House
welded
steel and polyvinyl chloride
electrified
in
private collection
Flight
to Ganymede
Steel
and plastic
collection
of the artist
Menagerie
steel
and plastic, painted
28
x 26 x 20
Sydney
Hyman Collection, New York, N. Y.
Take
me to your Leader
Steel
and plastic
30
x 14 x 26
Private
collection
Flying
Space Man
Steel
and pvc
5 feet
by 6 feet by 3.5 feet
private
collection
Puff
the Magic Dragon
14
x 28 x 18
steel
and plastic
electrified
collection
of artist
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