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The Messengers
2013
DAVID B. HICKMAN (AMERICAN)
Steel and Limestone
Media & Communication Building
This piece consists of five kinetic sculptures in the form of
stylized messenger pigeons bearing the names of the five
senses in their tails, and ten limestone benches arranged in
concentric circles. The benches in the outer circle are engraved
with the words “THINK ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE.”
The combination of this phrase, the senses, and the pigeons is
intended to provoke the viewer to contemplate rudimentary
tools of human interaction and how they employ these tools
daily. The Messengers is the first kinetic artwork in the collection.
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