With the completed installation of a sculpture outside of the new Oklahoma City Police headquarters, OKC’s fallen officers have a permanent memorial honoring their sacrifice and service.
The installation of “In Honor of the Fallen,” an aluminum and dichroic glass sculpture on a concrete pedestal-like foundation, was completed last weekend outside of the building’s public entrance.
The sculpture, by California artist Gordon Huether, is designed to be the site of the department’s yearly ceremony honoring fallen officers as well as a permanent, everyday memorial.
“My team and I are very grateful for the opportunity to honor law enforcement in Oklahoma City,” Huether said. “It is our hope this public art installation will not only honor the fallen but be an enduring contribution to the Oklahoma Police Department and to the Oklahoma community at large.”
The $207,500 project is funded by OKC’s 1% for Art ordinance, which requires 1 percent of the construction budget for public projects to be spent on public art. A second art project will be installed inside the headquarters.
The sculpture is 12 feet tall when measured from the base of the pedestal, which is 18 feet in diameter and integrated into the surrounding entrance plaza.
The police headquarters building opened earlier this month.
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About Gordon Huether Studio
Gordon Huether has mastered the challenge of creating art in a multitude of environments and mediums. The scale of his work ranges from large architectural installations for public commissions to small intimate works of art for private collections and residences.
Since founding Gordon Huether Studio in Napa, California in 1987, Huether has worked extensively with glass on a large scale and has also created works incorporating salvaged materials, bronze, aluminum, steel, light, water and neon. All work is fabricated at Gordon Huether Studio by artisans who are internationally recognized for their creativity, technical ability and craftsmanship.
Huether's talent for intuitively reacting to the materials and the space they occupy, whether indoors or out, has led to the successful completion of over 60 public art projects and more than 160 private art commissions.
In 2009, Huether was the recipient of several awards, including the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network (PAN) Best Public Artwork in the US Award for the “Gotta Go” art installation at the Jacksonville International Airport.
For more information, please visit www.gordonhuether.com.