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May 24, 2016

‘Middle Fork' to replace hanging car sculpture in entrance lobby at SAM

By JOURNAL STAFF

“Middle Fork,” a large sculpture by Seattle artist John Grade that is shaped like an old-growth hemlock, will be installed in Seattle Art Museum's main entrance lobby early next year.

A full plaster cast was made from a living tree found in the Cascades and used as a mold to assemble the artwork from hundreds of thousands of reclaimed cedar pieces.

“Middle Fork” was fabricated in Seattle by Grade and volunteers at MadArt Studio in 2015, and is now installed at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Grade will work with volunteers again to double the length of the piece from 50 feet to over 100 feet before it is installed in SAM's lobby. SAM said in a press released that the extended piece will span the length of the main lobby.

Grade's sculptures are in museums, galleries and outdoor spaces, including one in Seattle's Museum of History and Industry. They are designed to change over time and often require large groups of people to build and install.

The SAM lobby previously housed “Inopportune: Stage One,” a piece by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang that is made up of nine white Taurus sedans suspended from the ceiling.




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