“Celebration”

                     “Celebration”

As you walk the campus of ASU you will find many interesting sculptures. I would like to share with you some information about one of the sculptures that I see regularly. The name of the sculpture is “Celebration.” Arizona State University commissioned artist Jerry Peart to create this sculpture in 1984, in honor of its centennial celebration. The medium is painted aluminum sheet. The statue consists of abstract geometric shapes and stands at 23 feet high with a width of approximately 19 feet, 6 inches. Jerry Peart was born and raised in Winslow, Arizona and earned a BFA degree from Arizona State University in 1970, where he was also awarded the “Outstanding Student Award” by the faculty. Afterwards he went to Chicago where he joined the large scale, sculpture community. There he helped Stever Urry on his creation “The Arch.” Later he would open his own studio and perfect his large scale, abstract style. Over the years Jerry Peart has created over 35 large scale, abstract, public sculptures; that can be found in almost every state in America as well as parts of Asia. The sculpture “Celebration” combines the geometric shapes with many different colors. I believe that the use of the primary colors as well as the school colors and shapes do give the feeling of a party as you move around the figure.