Broken Symmetry - West Hartford, CT
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N 41° 45.549 W 072° 44.527
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Broken Symmetry is located on the lawn in front of West Hartford Town Hall on South Main Street.
Waymark Code: WMG60D
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2013
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Broken Symmetry is a 7' high abstract sculpture by Charles O. Perry. The piece is constructed of aluminum and painted a brick red which complements the color of the brick exterior of the nearby Town Hall building.
A piece of aluminum is trifurcated at 120 degree angles. The parts coalesce to form a left-handed spiral and then separate again before ending as they began, but offset so as to form a break in the spiral. The illusion is intriguing as the shape changes as the viewer changes their perspective.
From the Charles O. Perry website: (
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"Charles O. Perry (1929-2011) was a sculptor, designer, and architect. His intuitive investigation of nature's variables provides the springboard for many of his concepts. Believing that sculpture must stand on its own merit without need of explanation, Perry's work has an elegance of form that masks the mathematical and scientific complexity of its genesis. He has lectured on mathematics and art in conferences throughout the world."