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...UMass-Lowell 7, Colgate...
Alexander Calder, renowned for his kinetic sculpture, had his piece "Mobile" temporarily installed in the fifth floor atrium of the Healey Library. The lyric piece was loaned to UMass by the Fleet Financial Corporation before being sold a year later. The last series of installations is a group of 10 fantasy coffins from Ghana, on loan from the west Los Angeles gallery of Ernie Wolfe (Tucker's college roommate.) The coffins are an integral part of burial rites practiced by the Ga and other coastal Ghana communities...
Such an advancement would inch Tucker towards his dream of enhancing UMass's environment while providing an educational opportunity to the greater Boston community. The artwork adds a humanistic element to the bland, monochromatic buildings of the UMass campus. More importantly, Arts on the Point seeks to bring challenging art to a population that might not otherwise encounter it. "I'm excited to be a part of a project that would place major works of contemporary sculpture in a very public setting where the population, by and large, would not ordinarily be exposed to it," says Gould. She recognizes that...
...immediate student community, however, does not seem as receptive to the project's aims. Dean Hatzis, a junior at UMass, looks toward the soccer field where "Huru" towers and says, "I hadn't really noticed it until you pointed it out. I think it's really ugly-at least they could paint it or something." Other passersby share these sentiments and express their puzzlement. "I don't know what it's a symbol of. It's all right looking. I haven't really noticed anything else," comments student Roberto Landivar. Christine Aller, a passing art major, comments that "Huru...
...tutelage, came to love the piece. "By the end of the night, one of the workers thought this was the coolest thing on campus," recalls Tucker. "He went into his truck to get his camera, and spent an entire roll of film on ['Huru']." Not surprisingly, the groundskeepers of UMass Boston have had some of the most profound exposure to the artwork and to Tucker's insight on it. David Lanchester, a heavy equipment operator who's been instrumental in much of the installation, agrees that the pieces liven the campus' aesthetic appeal: "Some of it is nice, but some...