Artist: Bernard Williams
Medium: Steel and Paint
Dimensions: 20.33' x 6.6' x 12'
Location: East Lawn of Gateway Parking Garage (XL)
“Talking Wall”, by Bernard Williams is a large, painted, steel sculpture created in 2015 and installed on the IUPUI campus shortly after. The sculpture was created with the intention to act as an “open-ended conversation about the African-American history of Indianapolis.” Well-known, historical figures from Indianapolis’s African American community are represented using individual symbols, and patterns from traditional, African arts adorn the sculpture.
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Resources and additional information:
- Talking Wall by Bernard Williams. (n.d.). Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Retrieved August 17, 2018. (website)- Lewis, Olivia. (December 18, 2015). Talking Wall Art Unveiled at IUPUI on Cultural Trail. Indy Star. (website)