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Pensacola State College has opened its new outdoor gallery with a 15-foot wide by 20-foot tall reproduction of the Dutch masterpiece, “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” hanging from Building 14 on PSC’s Pensacola campus, and visible from 9th Avenue.

PSC Visual Arts Department Head Krist Lien says this 17th century painting by Johannes Vermeer, which resides at The Hague in the Netherlands, was chosen for display because of its recognition factor.

An image from famed National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry will go up next on another building. Lien says the college plans to cover several buildings with a variety of works ranging from the masters to contemporary artists to PSC’s own award winning students.

“Lamar Advertising partnered with us to create these huge prints,” Lien says. “They are doing a fantastic job. When you stand close to the print, you can see the fine details that are on the actual painting. “

“We want this to be a fun way for the community and our own students and staff to be able to walk or drive through the campus and experience great art on a large scale.”

When Lien was researching the concept of an outdoor gallery, he couldn’t find anything like the display that PSC is creating. He believes PSC may be the first college in the nation to have this type of outdoor gallery.

Working out the details of hanging the huge art pieces securely on the buildings took almost two years, but Lien says the support of the PSC administration and Board of Trustees was immediate.

“It was a pleasure to support such an innovative project and exciting to watch the first piece being installed,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Erin Spicer.
“Due to the vision of our Visual Arts head, Krist Lien, as well as the cooperation of our good friends at Lamar Advertising, we are able to print these large-scale reproductions and make these pieces of art accessible to the community.”





Artwork In Outdoor Gallery Collection


Artists In This Collection

Gustav Klimt
Steve McCurry
Vincent van Gogh
Johannes Vermeer
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Boy in Mid-Flight
Steve McCurry
Vinyl reproduction of original

At the foot of the vast Mehrangarh Fort, one can find the Blue City, a small tightly knit maze of houses located towards the north of Jodhpur. In one of the narrow alleyways a boy flees McCurry’s camera. Balancing three intersecting planes of colour – one of which is covered in stark red handprints – the image pulsates with energy as a young boy dashes through the narrow alleyways.”

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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Vinyl reproduction of original (oil on canvas)

“Girl with a Pearl Earring” was originally titled “Girl with a Turban” and it wasn’t until the second half of the 20th Century that the name was changed. Regarded as Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece, this canvas is often referred to as the Mona Lisa of the North or the Dutch Mona Lisa.

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The Kiss
Gustav Klimt
Vinyl reproduction of original (oil and gold leaf on canvas)

“The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh has been installed on the back side of the Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, while “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt is on the south end of Building 14, facing the Charles W. Lamar Studio Gallery.

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The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
Vinyl reproduction of original (oil on canvas)

The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh has been installed on the back side of the Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8.
The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889

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