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Explosion
Artist:
Sergio Castillo
Location:
Metcalf Center on Commonwealth Avenue
Location
Metcalf Center on Commonwealth Avenue
United States
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Neighborhood:
Fenway/Kenmore
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
1987
Medium:
Stainless steel
Collection:
Boston University
Funders:
Boston University
Description:
Explosion, an imposing array of radiating stainless steel rods, is a celebration of atomic physics. Each rod represents one of the many pathways taken by the energy released in a proton collision. The rods’ seemingly unstable flurry is actually quite secure, as each rod is counterbalanced by a slab of concrete far below ground level. This imaginative effort to represent a momentary event in a permanent medium is the work of Chilean-born sculptor Sergio Castillo, who specializes in such subjects. The work was dedicated in 1987. It is appropriately located in front of Boston University’s Metcalfer for Cent Science and Engineering. Photograph by: Kalman Zabarsky