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Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
is a sculpture by Philadelphia artist Jordan Griska commissioned PAFA for the newly constructed Lenfest Plaza.
Grumman Tracker II was a 45-foot-long cold war era Naval plane with a 73’ wingspan, used to bomb submarines. Griska obtained the decommissioned plane and folded the metal of the nose and body of the plane so that it appears to be crumpling into the platform. In addition, he turned the existing sections of the plane into working greenhouses, leading to the name of the piece - Grumman Greenhouse.
“These repurposed finished pieces simultaneously lead the viewer to contemplate the history of ‘the thing’ while changing the function of the object,” says Jordan Griska, 2008 PAFA alumnus. “Halting the actions of this machine by grounding it in Lenfest Plaza will turn this mobile weapon into a stationary iconic object.”
The inside of the plane grows nutritive and medicinal plants, provided by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and uses the edible growth for City Harvest, which feeds low income families in the region.
“Jordan’s work engages us in social and environmental issues in extraordinary ways,” says PAFA President & CEO David R. Brigham. “I am pleased to see our alumni creating such ambitious and challenging work. Grumman Greenhouse will be a great start to the temporary sculpture program in Lenfest Plaza.”
Griska's Grumman Greenhouse inaugurates the temporary exhibitions program in Lenfest Plaza. Complementing the permanent, site-specific work by Oldenburg, the platform at the west end of the plaza will display projects by emerging and established artists.
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI/PAFA) on July 8, 2011. Former Brooks Fuel Douglas C-54G Skymaster N438NA (cn 36031).
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Delivered to the U.S. Air Force in June 1982, a product of Long Beach, California. Its original base was actually March Field (one photographer notes a "grueling 8 minute delivery flight") but it now calls Joint Base McGuire in New Jersey home.
This 727 was first flown on 11 November 1977, and delivered to Eastern Air Lines as N8876Z. It flew for FedEx from 1993 until 2013.
Everts Air Fuel DC-6B seen at the Everts compound in Fairbanks International Airport, 27 September 2005.
Thomas Birch, Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, c. 1814, oil on canvas, 167.64 x 245.11 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI/PAFA) on June 9, 2014. Former Brooks Fuel Douglas C-54G Skymaster N438NA (cn 36031). This aircraft was constructed as a C-54G-10-DO and first delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 45-0578 in August 1945. It then served with several airlines as N79065 and later by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) as "238" and "438". Here it was converted for air-sea rescue operations with the designation SC-54G. It was bought by Air Response Inc. in March 1986 and used for spraying oil spills (Note the spraying equipment on the wing trailing edges). After being stored at Falcon Field, Meza, AZ for several years, N438NA was transferred to Fairbanks in February 2010. I don`t think this aircraft ever flew for Brooks Fuel Inc. It was stored in a rather derelict condition at the time of this picture. The colour scheme is from the time it served with NASA. Production of the C-54G model commenced in June 1945 with the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2000--9 radials and troop carrier interior. A total of 162 were completed at Santa Monica, CA.
Everts Air Cargo C-118A (formerly 53-3228) seen on the move at Fairbanks International Airport, 27 September 2005
Outbound from Fairbanks with call sign "Fist 33 heavy." Alaska has quite a bit of defense infrastructure; near Fairbanks are Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB. Still, I was surprised to see as much military traffic at Fairbanks International, rather than the dedicated military airfields, as I did (in total, a C-17, two KC-10s, two KC-135s, and two A-10s, though I didn't get photograph all of it.)
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI/PAFA) on July 8, 2011. Former Brooks Fuel Douglas C-54Q-DC Skymaster N67018 (cn 22196/648). This aircraft was constructed as a C-54D-15-DC for the United States Army Air Force (serial 43-17246). Then leaving the factory it was immediately transferred to the US Navy with BuNo 56544 on October 1, 1945. Here it was redesignated R5D-3. It was later converted to a C-54Q and served with the US Marine Corps, before being stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona in September 1971. It was brought back to life by Aircraft Specialities Inc. in 1977, with the civil registration N67018, sold to Globe Air Inc. in 1981 and Sanders Lead Co. in 1986. Brooks Fuel bought it in November 1996 and used it for spare parts. It is still painted in USMC-colours, although very faded and patchy. It has a big faded "Q" on the other side of the tailfin, and faded United States Marines-titles. All 380 C-54D was produced at the Chicago-plant, and 86 R5D-3 was delivered to the US Navy.
natural light, no flash. don't know about that snake. Need to research title and sculptor. Liking the quality of m.zuiko 45mm.
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Many thanks to the people at Everts Air Cargo for letting me look around their Fairbanks facilities! My escort around the ramp, a generous and good-humored Air Force veteran, has some words about this DC-6's paint job in particular.
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)
Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)