Unfolding Rhythms

Unfolding Rhythms is an outdoor 1987 sculpture by Manuel Izquierdo, located in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Unfolding Rhythms
Artist	Manuel Izquierdo
Year	1987 (1987)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Painted metal
Dimensions	3.0 m × 1.7 m × 1.7 m (10 ft × 5.5 ft × 5.5 ft)
Condition	"Treatment needed" (1993)
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45.52122°N 122.67657°W / 45.52122; -122.67657

Description and history

Manuel Izquierdo's Unfolding Rhythms (1987) is an abstract painted metal sculpture, installed outside the Oregon Dental Services (ODS) Building on Southwest Fifth Avenue between Oak Street and Stark Street. It measures approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) x 5.5 feet (1.7 m) x 5.5 feet (1.7 m).^[1][2] The sculpture was funded by ODS and is enclosed by a fence at night. An inscription on its northeast side reads, "UNFOLDING RHYTHMS / Manuel Izquierdo / 2-10-1987" (the copyright date), and displays a copyright symbol with the artist's signature.^[1]

The sculpture was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.^[1]

Reception

Unfolding Rhythms has been included in at least one published walking tour of Portland.^[2]

See also

• Oregon portal
• Visual arts portal

• 1987 in art
• The Dreamer (1979), Portland, Oregon
• Silver Dawn (1980), Portland, Oregon