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''E Pluribus Unum'' is a public artwork proposed by American artist Fred Wilson to be located along the Indianapolis Cultural Trail at the northeast corner of Delaware and Washington streets, near the City-County Building in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Funded solely by private donations and fundraising by the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), the sculpture was scheduled to be unveiled on September 22, 2011, the 149th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's initial reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to members of his Cabinet. However, due to an increase of public opposition to the project beginning in September 2010, the future of the statue was discussed in a series of community meetings in 2011.〔 On December 13, 2011 the Central Indiana Community Foundation announced that the project would be canceled. ==Design== ''E Pluribus Unum,'' named after the Latin phrase meaning "From many, one," will be a re-contextualized reproduction of the nameless, semi-nude African-American male sculpture seated at the base of the west facade of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis. Wilson submitted only one entry to the Indianapolis Cultural Trail committee and the design proposal of ''E Pluribus Unum'' was accepted without modification. The replica of the African American figure will be 10 x 12 ft. and created in Indiana limestone. The figure will remain seated, but will be tilted forward in an upright position. Additionally, Wilson will substitute of a flag of his own design for the pair of broken manacles lifted upward in the right hand of the formerly enslaved figure. The multicolored flag is a composite of African flags and the African diaspora, and was inspired by the designs of African quilts and African fabric. The positioning of the flagpole was inspired by the Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, in Washington, D.C.〔 Once isolated from the Soldiers and Soldiers Monument, the sculpture will sit atop a granite, three-tier pedestal that will stand six feet above the ground.〔 This base is designed to complement the materials and design present in the City-County Building's civic plaza as well as provide seating for visitors.〔 At night, a series of lights will illuminate the sculpture.〔 Like his previous installations, ''E Pluribus Unum'' will focus attention on the institutional framing of cultural difference. As an artist, Wilson creates shifts in meaning by manipulating the context of existing objects rather than physically altering the objects themselves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E Pluribus Unum (Wilson)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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