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\nAs you enter Hardin Hall, you\u2019re\u00a0greeted with an artistic rendering of Clemson\u2019s history. Some very abstract, others more representational, 84 tiles spread\u00a0across a curved wall that stretches for 60 feet.\u00a0Installed in 2004 in the then newly renovated home of the history, philosophy and religion departments, the project was sponsored by the Art Partnership Program and funded through the R.C. Edwards Endowment. Artist Kathy Triplett was chosen through a regional competition that spanned six Southern states.
\n\u201cThe title [\u201cOntogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny\u201d] is inspired by the idea of the single cell and how it progresses to a complex organism,\u201d said Triplett. \u201cI used this idea of progression as a metaphor to represent the development and evolution of the University, from the initial spark of an idea in Thomas Green Clemson\u2019s mind, through its expansion, diversification and growth into a complex and more open\u00a0institution, which is in many ways like the growth of the individual student.\u201d
\nThe tiles range from the expected \u2014 commemorating Thomas Green Clemson and M.B. Hardin and the always present Tiger \u2014 to the unexpected \u2014 depicting the development of the Phorid Fly and the illusion of parallel lines.
\nIn an interview in 2009, Triplett compared the work to a poem. \u201cAt first you grasp it with the heart,\u201d she said.
\nPerhaps the best description comes from Denise Woodward- Detrich, director of Lee Gallery, who said, \u201cStanding at either end of the installation, you can\u2019t see the other end. Just like the arc of the University\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"