ID: 700009245 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009245	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Sculpture Gardens (installation (visual work); Virginia Overton (Americanr, born 1971); commissioned by the...; 2016)

Note: Site-specific commission at the Whitney Museum, on view during summer 2016. Comprised of windmills powering plant-filled basins, "Sculpture Gardens" is a reflection on the relationship between the built and the natural environment.

Titles:

Sculpture Gardens (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

installation (visual work) [300047896] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

landscaping / gardening (preferred)

Creation Date: 2016

Creator Display:

Virginia Overton (Americanr, born 1971); commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, contemporary) [preferred]

artist Overton, Virginia (American installation artist and sculptor, born 1971) [500404039]

commissioner (person who orders works) Whitney Museum of American Art (American repository, New York City, contemporary) [500303638]

Locations:

Other: Site Context: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303638] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: windmills, basins containing ponds with waterlilies, horsetail, bamboo, and other plants

	windmills [300006273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, mills (buildings))

	basins (vessels) [300045614]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

	ponds (water) [300008688]
	.......(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural))

	Nymphaea (genus) [300375575]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Magnoliopsida (class), Nymphaeales (order), Nymphaeaceae (family))

	bamboo (plant) [300311500]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Poales (order), Poaceae (family))

	Sphenophyta (division) [300310160]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom))

	flora (plants) [300310152]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom))

Dimensions: windmills: 2; basins: 3

General Subject:

installation (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	energy resource [300055218]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), environmental concepts, resources concepts) (AAT)

	hypsographic features, man-made [300387704]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, earth features, physical features, hypsographic features) (AAT)

	natural object [300404125]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by cultural or intellectual evaluation>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: performance art or installations

Sources and Contributors:
Sculpture Gardens	........ [VP]
	........ Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 09 February 2017

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 09 February 2017
	..... New York Times [online] (2000-) accessed 09 February 2017