Behind the 8-Ball, (sculpture).

Behind the 8-Ball, (sculpture).

Medenica, Branko, 1950- , sculptor.

Behind the 8-Ball, (sculpture).

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Stainless steel sculpture on a metal base.

Sculpture: approx. 44 x 46 x 24 in.; Base: 28 x 43 x 31 in. Overall: H. 72 in.

Sculpture consists of a flat sphere with geometric shapes cut into the top of it. The space where the geometric shapes have been cut out is painted red and the rest of the sphere is painted blue. There are three cylindrical holes cut through the bottom of the sphere on one side and two holes cut through on the other side; the inside of the holes is painted yellow. The sphere is balanced on a trapezoidal base.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Bessemer

On loan to Hagar Equipment Company, 1601 25th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama 35023

Lent by J. C. McGahan Company, Sculpture Division, 4220 Old Leeds Lane, Birmingham, Alabama 35213

This piece was created while the artist was an employee of the J. C. McGahan Company, manufacturers of metal tankheads. From 1976 to 1983 the artist worked for the McGahan Company to create public works of art which the McGahan Company has since loaned or leased to companies throughout Alabama.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.

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