Olympic Iliad
Sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
47°37′10″N 122°21′00″W / 47.6194°N 122.3501°W / 47.6194; -122.3501 Olympic Iliad, also known as Pasta Tube,[1] is a 1984 steel sculpture by Alexander Liberman, located in the lawn surrounding the Space Needle at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, United States. The work includes large steel cylinders cut at different angles and lengths, painted red.[2] The sculpture is similar to Liberman's Iliad, located at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York.[2] It is featured on the cover of Brazilian musician Amon Tobin's album Bricolage.
References
- ^ "Olympic Iliad, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ a b "Alexander Liberman: Olympic Iliad". City of Seattle. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
External links
Visual arts portal
- "Photo of the Day: Olympic Iliad, Seattle" by Brian Poon (National Geographic, 2013)
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Alexander Liberman
- Ritual II (1966)
- Axeltree (1967)
- Orbits (1967)
- Contact II (1972)
- Argo (1974)
- Aim I (1980)
- Olympic Iliad (1984)
- Galaxy (1985)
- Ulysses (1988)
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