Big Edge (Las Vegas, NV) : Overall view from W. Harmon Avenue

Creator:
Rubins, Nancy, 1952-
Published/Created:
2600 W. Harmon Avenue; City Center, in front of the Vdara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
2009
Physical Description:
57 ft (height) x 75 ft (width)
Date Depicted:
2009
1950 AD - 2010 AD
Materials:
salvaged boats
stainless steel wire cable
steel base and armature
Notes:
Big Edge" sits in the middle of the traffic circle outside the front entrance of Vdara Hotel. It is a colorful collection of about 200 rowboats, kayaks, canoes, surfboards, paddle boats and catamarans wrapped together with stainless steel wire cable forming a web-like structure that is designed to "evoke a blooming flower." Nancy Rubins is an American sculptor famous for "gravity-defying" works created from salvaged industrial consumer goods like airplane parts, electrical appliances, mattresses and boats. "Big Edge" is 57-by-75-feet and took about six weeks to build.
Topics:
Sculpture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Twenty-first century
Culture:
American
Accession Number:
6A1-RN-BE-A4
Genre:
sculpture (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Rights:
Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Digital:
abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); Boats and boating; found art; adaptive re-use visual works; sculpture (visual work)
Source Creator:
Gilchrist, Scott
Source Title:
Archivision Addition Module Six
Source Created:
2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009
Source Note:
Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Local Record Number:
4125
OID:
10079391
PID:
digcoll:1868676