Artist: Bob Esmer

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Dimensions: 7′ 6″ high, 7′ wide, 2’ 6″ deep

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Installation: 2007

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Location: Located on the Terre Haute Arts Corridor at the Swope Art Museum, 25 South 7th Street.

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Located in the heart of downtown Terre Haute, Bob Emser‘s Spirit of Space is anchored in front of the Swope Art Museum along the Terre Haute Arts Corridor.

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The artist’s work was inspired by his interest in aviation, which began long ago through a fascination with the mechanical engineering world of his father and a model airplane hobby they shared.

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He has retained an interest in structure which informs much of his work and there is interplay between a final “surface” and the appearance of the structure that supports it. The structure becomes, in a sense, an integral part of the visible art.

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Spirit of Space is made of stainless steel and painted aluminum, and like many of Emser’s works, is a reference to the pioneering spirit of aviation and nautical history. His sculptures are also metaphors for his personal experiences.

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Additional Information:

Steel and Aluminum

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Bob Emser lives and works in Eureka, Illinois.

Art Spaces gratefully acknowledges:

• Duke Energy Foundation

• Sheldon Swope Art Museum Collection Fund

• Alliance of the Swope Art Museum

• Dr. James and Beverly Cristee

• Lucien and Alane Meis

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Spirit of Space is part of the permanent collection of the Swope Art Museum.