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Kansas Meatball
Artist
Alan Shields
(United States, 1944 - 2005)
Date1985 - 1998
MediumAcrylic on canvas over aluminum tubing, bolts and nuts, and cotton thread
DimensionsH x W x D: 115 x 130 in. (292.1 x 330.2 cm)
H x W x D (INNER BALL): 96 x 88 in. (243.8 x 223.5 cm)
LENGTH (INNER ELEMENTS): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
LENGTH (OUTER ELEMENTS): 36 in. (91.4 cm)
H x W x D (INNER BALL): 96 x 88 in. (243.8 x 223.5 cm)
LENGTH (INNER ELEMENTS): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
LENGTH (OUTER ELEMENTS): 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Object TypeSculptures
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Alan Shields Memorial Fund, Ross and Marianna Kistler Beach Endowment, and gift from the Estate of William Salero
Object number2007.111
On View
On view• To create this work, the artist first wrapped canvas around aluminum tubing, fastened the segments with nuts and bolts, and then painted the surfaces.
• This sculpture is made of two icosahedra that spin in two different directions. An icosahedron is a type of polyhedron, a three-dimensional version of a polygon (a shape with straight sides). Shields created an icosahedron with twenty triangular faces. Each face and edge is the same size and all vertices/points are equidistant.
"Hear What I'm Seeing Video?" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tar39jlUWc&list=PLomCAbZhq1TgG98CRnYdf0q1S6eUs59-T&index=3
• This sculpture is made of two icosahedra that spin in two different directions. An icosahedron is a type of polyhedron, a three-dimensional version of a polygon (a shape with straight sides). Shields created an icosahedron with twenty triangular faces. Each face and edge is the same size and all vertices/points are equidistant.
"Hear What I'm Seeing Video?" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tar39jlUWc&list=PLomCAbZhq1TgG98CRnYdf0q1S6eUs59-T&index=3
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