Untitled (The Fence)
Date2024
Artist
Amanda Ross Ho
(American, born 1975)
Mediumpainted bronze
ClassificationFine Art
SubclassificationSculpture
Credit LineCurated by Elizabeth Chodos, CMU Johnson Family Public Art Curator.
Object number2025.06.01
Description“Untitled Core Sample (THE FENCE)” by Amanda Ross-Ho is a recent Public Art commission, curated by CMU Johnson Family Public Art Curator Elizabeth Chodos. This monumental bronze sculpture honors the university’s iconic CMU Fence tradition — a student-maintained structure where messages are painted and repainted by various groups. The artist extracted and enlarged a cylindrical core sample from The Fence, capturing hundreds of layers of paint applied by students between 1993 and 2023. Ross-Ho describes the work as a tribute to the diverse voices and communal spirit of the CMU student body.
On view
Location
Forbes Beeler Apartments (5087 Forbes Ave)
Archille Giammartini (1912), Nicholas Fairplay, Bruce Lindsey, Paul Rosenblatt (1980s)
1912–1995
