Universe Wheel - Buffalo, NY
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N 42° 55.994 W 078° 52.821
17T E 672959 N 4755580
One of several piece of art located throughout the campus of Buffalo State College.
Waymark Code: WM7JQC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2009
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This piece of art consists of a large, circular piece set in the ground at about a thirty degree angle. Two rectangular pieces, set off from one another at about forty-five degrees, are set flush against the circular piece. All three pieces feature boxes and wheel-like shapes in relief, suggesting the cogs of wheels and other industrial imagery. Rectangular pieces, which are also set into the ground at about thirty degrees, are also wedge-shaped, tapering to the ground at the point farthest from the main piece. Each has a right-angled end-piece and "stairs" reversing back on themselves at the very end.
Source: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
The sculpture was specifically designed for Buffalo State. The artist chose the site on campus where the piece would stand, its current location, between Cleveland Hall and Bacon Hall. Aycock described Universe Wheel as representative of astronomical devices for observing and contemplating the universe.
Source: Buffalo State website
Title: Universe Wheel
Artist: Alice Aycock
Media (materials) used: painted steel on concrete foundation
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Buffalo State College campus
Date of creation or placement: 1988
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