Staff Reports
Workers from Ignition Arts of Indianapolis, which has worked alongside local arts-oriented agencies on projects for several years, have been dismantling the Exhibit Columbus architectural installation The Exchange in recent days.
The popular piece from Los Angeles-based Oyler Wu Collaborative was among the Miller Prize winning installations for the inaugural Exhibit Columbus exhibition in 2017, and has remained on site at the Irwin Conference Center at Fifth and Washington streets downtown since then.
Workers began the disassembly on Tuesday, and should be finished within a few days, according to Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus director.
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Later, pieces of the steel creation will be placed into a shipping container and sent to a Taiwanese private art collector who has obtained the work. That person has not publicly said what will be done with the piece.
This marks the longest stay for any of the exhibition pieces that have not become a permanent part of the city landscape.
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.
Information: exhibitcolumbus.org.
