Vivien Collens
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    • Lineation. 1990-95.
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    • The Romance of Electricity :1979-84
    • early work . 1970s
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The Coaster and the Racer. Acrylic on 4 shaped canvasses with Bricollage. 1984. Done with support from the Athena Foundation. 9'h x 7' w x 5" deep.

MEMORY STRUCTURES. 1980-82

 The Technology of the previous generation becomes the center of the art of
 the next generation.    
 Marshall McLuhan,  Understanding Media
  For a commission for AT& T  Longlines  in 1980, I proposed " Networks" which would have been  60 feet long.
 Each colored shape represents  a different  center of communication .The multicolored strips were interpretations of telephone wire I often found in Soho, left over from work in buildings  being newly wired for telecommunications.
 the black and white square columns transform information from each colored  area as  they   show the outside view of each colored shape in a flattened square tube.  Memory Structures,  below  was the work they ultimately commissioned.
 
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Memory Structures. Commission for AT&T. c.1982. 6'x 12' x 3"
Picture
Networks. 1980s.. maquette proposal for AT&T Longlines commission. Collection Cleveland Museum of Art.


 

  all images © Vivien  Collens   2025                                                           Vivien  Collens  is also known as  Vivien Abrams Collens      
                                                           
  • Home
    • Bio
    • Resume
    • Artist's Statements
    • Archived materials
  • Sculpture
    • COLLENS IN CORNWALL
    • Public Sculpture Catalog
    • Froebel's Gifts 2017 -2022 >
      • Froebel's Gifts. wood prototypes
    • Squirt 2019-2025
    • GREENHOUSE SERIES.2021
    • ceramic sculpture
    • ARBOR. 2020
    • City Blocks. 2015.
    • Mountains. 2023
    • Ephemeral Installations >
      • DRAW / BUILD 2019-2021
  • DESIGN
    • URBAN ORGANIZERS
    • Tripods.
    • Archive: Early Sculptural work. 1970s and 80s
  • Paintings
    • Pathways. 2015-16.
    • Urban Studies 2011-2015
    • Notes to Self. 2008-2011,
    • Slides paintings. 2007-2010.
    • motherhood. 1990s
    • Lineation. 1990-95.
    • Shaped paintings. 1980s.
    • The Romance of Electricity :1979-84
    • early work . 1970s
  • Works on Paper
    • COLLAGES
    • paper paintings
    • DRAWINGS
    • URBAN STUDIES
    • PRINTS