Foster Willey Jr.
Centrifuge
Share to Facebook- Share to MySpace
- Post to Twitter
- Add to Delicious
- Add to Google Bookmarks
- Add to Yahoo Bookmarks
Centrifuge | Media List
-
Centrifuge
photo by Jerry Mathiason
Statement
CENTRIFUGE 2004
Nicollet Commons Park
Burnsville, MN
Bronze / stainless steel / red granite / sand stone, 10’ H x 15’ L x 8’ W
Commissioned by the City of Burnsville & the Burnsville Foundation.
Dahlgren, Shardlow, & Uban Architects
“Centrifuge” is monumental abstract sculpture conceived with elegance and grace. It depicts an object expanding from its center and includes a water feature. The Sculpture is the focal point of the new town square, Nicollet Commons Park. “Centrifuge” serves as a metaphor for the City of Burnsville, and symbolically represents the city as a vibrant urban center. The design includes the stainless steel bowl, red granite base and the sand stone surround. The sculpture has been
It is located on Nicollet Ave. between Burnsville Parkway on the South and Highway 13 on the north, just off 35W.
