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Wopo Holup
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'''Wopo Holup''' (April 2, 1937 - September 29, 2017) was an American artist known for her [[public art]] installations.
== Early life and education ==
She was born Phyllis Anna Holup to Henry and Ilean Hill Holup in [[San Diego]] in 1937. The nickname Wopo, which would become her professional name, was a mispronounced version of a name given to her by neighbors who were of [[Miwok]] descent.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Holup attended the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], where she graduated in the class of 1965. In 1967 she completed her MFA from [[Mills College]] in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
==== Public art ====
Holup has had public art commissions installed in [[New York City]], [[Denver|Denver, CO]], [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell, MA]], [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, NJ]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]]. Her artworks frequently embed natural imagery into the urban environment.<ref name=":0" /> She frequently spoke of her dedication to public art, especially in a public transit setting, telling the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] in 1989 that <nowiki>''Putting art work in a subway station elevates the mundane experience of riding to work or to school.''</nowiki><ref name=":1"></ref>
Her first major commissioned work, ''Triumph of Pegasus'' (1988), is a monumental [[Relief|bas-relief]] sculpture installed at at a training center for blind and visually impaired people in New Jersey. Holup intended the sculpture to be touched, so it could provide equal engagement for people of all visual abilities.<ref name=":0" /> The relief sculpture depicts the mythological story of [[Pegasus]] doing battle with the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]]. It was commissioned as a result of the State of New Jersey Public Building Arts Inclusion Act, and is constructed of black-pigmented [[cement]] polished with [[linseed oil]].<ref></ref>
Holup's most significant work is ''River That Flows Two Ways'' (2000), a series of 37 sculptural [[Cast iron|cast-iron]] and [[bronze]] panels installed as part of a railing on the waterfront at [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]]. The panels frame the view beyond them, incorporating both the landscape of the city and the river into the artwork.<ref name=":0" /> They depict [[Lower Manhattan]] historical sites, like [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] and [[Fort Amsterdam]], juxtaposed with representations of the river and local wildlife. The artwork was commissioned by the Conservancy for Historic Battery Park and its $300,000 cost was funded by the Hanover Square Pilot Funds, the Greenacre Foundation, the New York State Environmental Protection Fund and the [[The Starr Foundation|Starr Foundation]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
''The River,'' a 2007 work in Kansas City, also incorporates water imagery. The installation consists of bronze and [[limestone]] tiles inset in the floor of the Shoal Creek police academy and patrol station, mapping the [[Missouri River]] between [[St. Louis]] and Kansas City.<ref name=":0" />
Holup has many artworks installed in New York City's transit infrastructure, at sites including an underpass below the [[Interstate 278|Brooklyn Queens Expressway]], and elevated subway stations on the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1 line]] (formerly the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line|IRT]]) between 125th Street in [[Upper Manhattan]] and 242nd Street in [[the Bronx]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2"></ref><ref name=":1" />
==== Other projects ====
Holup collaborated with [[Ntozake Shange]] on a 1981 poetry chapbook titled ''Some Men.''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Selected artworks ==
* ''Triumph of Pegasus'' (1988), New Brunswick, NJ<ref name=":0" />
* ''Elevated Nature'' (1990s), New York City<ref name=":2" />
* ''River That Flows Two Ways'' (2000), New York City<ref name=":0" />
* ''Common Ground'' (2005), Queens, New York<ref name=":0" />
* ''The River'' (2007), Kansas City, MO<ref name=":0" />
* ''The Gold Star Project'' (2008), New York City<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* ''Orchard Memory'' (2013), Denver, CO<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Personal life ==
Holup married Jack Brannon in 1954, and the couple divorced in 1966. Her second marriage was to William Morehouse, in 1968, and ended in divorce in 1978. In 1984, she married artist Peter Brown, with whom she would spend the next 33 years until her death. She lived and worked in New York and [[Lyons, Colorado|Lyons, CO]].<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references />
== Early life and education ==
She was born Phyllis Anna Holup to Henry and Ilean Hill Holup in [[San Diego]] in 1937. The nickname Wopo, which would become her professional name, was a mispronounced version of a name given to her by neighbors who were of [[Miwok]] descent.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Holup attended the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], where she graduated in the class of 1965. In 1967 she completed her MFA from [[Mills College]] in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
==== Public art ====
Holup has had public art commissions installed in [[New York City]], [[Denver|Denver, CO]], [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell, MA]], [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, NJ]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]]. Her artworks frequently embed natural imagery into the urban environment.<ref name=":0" /> She frequently spoke of her dedication to public art, especially in a public transit setting, telling the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] in 1989 that <nowiki>''Putting art work in a subway station elevates the mundane experience of riding to work or to school.''</nowiki><ref name=":1"></ref>
Her first major commissioned work, ''Triumph of Pegasus'' (1988), is a monumental [[Relief|bas-relief]] sculpture installed at at a training center for blind and visually impaired people in New Jersey. Holup intended the sculpture to be touched, so it could provide equal engagement for people of all visual abilities.<ref name=":0" /> The relief sculpture depicts the mythological story of [[Pegasus]] doing battle with the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]]. It was commissioned as a result of the State of New Jersey Public Building Arts Inclusion Act, and is constructed of black-pigmented [[cement]] polished with [[linseed oil]].<ref></ref>
Holup's most significant work is ''River That Flows Two Ways'' (2000), a series of 37 sculptural [[Cast iron|cast-iron]] and [[bronze]] panels installed as part of a railing on the waterfront at [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]]. The panels frame the view beyond them, incorporating both the landscape of the city and the river into the artwork.<ref name=":0" /> They depict [[Lower Manhattan]] historical sites, like [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] and [[Fort Amsterdam]], juxtaposed with representations of the river and local wildlife. The artwork was commissioned by the Conservancy for Historic Battery Park and its $300,000 cost was funded by the Hanover Square Pilot Funds, the Greenacre Foundation, the New York State Environmental Protection Fund and the [[The Starr Foundation|Starr Foundation]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
''The River,'' a 2007 work in Kansas City, also incorporates water imagery. The installation consists of bronze and [[limestone]] tiles inset in the floor of the Shoal Creek police academy and patrol station, mapping the [[Missouri River]] between [[St. Louis]] and Kansas City.<ref name=":0" />
Holup has many artworks installed in New York City's transit infrastructure, at sites including an underpass below the [[Interstate 278|Brooklyn Queens Expressway]], and elevated subway stations on the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1 line]] (formerly the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line|IRT]]) between 125th Street in [[Upper Manhattan]] and 242nd Street in [[the Bronx]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2"></ref><ref name=":1" />
==== Other projects ====
Holup collaborated with [[Ntozake Shange]] on a 1981 poetry chapbook titled ''Some Men.''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Selected artworks ==
* ''Triumph of Pegasus'' (1988), New Brunswick, NJ<ref name=":0" />
* ''Elevated Nature'' (1990s), New York City<ref name=":2" />
* ''River That Flows Two Ways'' (2000), New York City<ref name=":0" />
* ''Common Ground'' (2005), Queens, New York<ref name=":0" />
* ''The River'' (2007), Kansas City, MO<ref name=":0" />
* ''The Gold Star Project'' (2008), New York City<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* ''Orchard Memory'' (2013), Denver, CO<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Personal life ==
Holup married Jack Brannon in 1954, and the couple divorced in 1966. Her second marriage was to William Morehouse, in 1968, and ended in divorce in 1978. In 1984, she married artist Peter Brown, with whom she would spend the next 33 years until her death. She lived and worked in New York and [[Lyons, Colorado|Lyons, CO]].<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references />
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