COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Exchange, a popular piece from the inaugural 2017 Exhibit Columbus architectural exhibition, will have a new life soon — in Taiwan with a private art collector.
“It’s very exciting to see it have another life,” said Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus director.
Exhibit Columbus is an annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community highlighting Columbus’ Modernist global legacy. One year, it presents a symposium. The next, a physical exhibition.
This is just one of several pieces from that first exhibition leaving to enjoy a renewed life elsewhere. Other pieces have been shipped to places ranging from Washington, D.C., to Venice, Italy.
The welded steel piece, done by the Los Angeles-based Oyler Wu Collaborative, has been in place at the Eero Saarinen’s Irwin Conference Center at Fifth and Washington streets in downtown Columbus since August 2017. Workers are scheduled to begin taking it apart today.
“We have loved this piece as have so many in the community,” said Richard McCoy, executive director of Landmark Columbus, the umbrella agency for Exhibit Columbus. “Over the years we’ve seen so many photos of this installation — from weddings to corporate team pictures to cool shots of influencers on Instagram.
“We’re sad to see it go but thrilled to announce that, like many of the installations from our exhibitions, it is going on to another amazing site.”
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