It's not a great piece of contemporary art, but it's well thought out and nicely designed. I think it enlivens that space quite well. The Wave may soon have some artistic company at Emory. Poling says there is an collaborative effort underway by the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the Department of Art History, and President William M. Chace to bring some distinguished works of contemporary or post-World War II sculpture to campus. It would be nice to have well-chosen sculptures at key points on the campus, and I think that will work very well with the new master plan.
Clover is alive and well and still creating art, albeit a very different kind.
He owns a couple of tattoo parlors, both called Spectrum, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clover doesn't remember exactly when he made The Wave but says it was probably about thirty years ago. He says it is constructed of welded steel and took him a couple of weeks to put it together. Clover admits there really isn't any kind of symbolic mystery to the piece.