Balancing Act
November 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Balancing Act brings contemporary public art to the streets of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, providing a walking tour of sculptures along Vine Street. This exhibit intends to spark artistic insight about how our community finds balance in the areas of growth, creativity and culture.
Balance is something humans desire and rarely achieve without great effort. Achieving balance requires tension and a sense that, once realized, it exists in a precarious state all to easily compromised.
Sculptors are keenly aware of balance from both an aesthetic and engineering perspective. LexArts invited sculptors to submit work for Balancing Act as a way to interject artistic considerations into recent discussions regarding the future of Lexington.
How do we balance protecting all that we value while continuing to grow as a community?
Click here to download the Balancing Act brochure and walking map.
Balancing Act Artists
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James Wade
Prairie Stacks
98"H x 23"W x 24.75"D
Painted Steel
2001
$4,500
Sponsored by LFUCG
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Michael Russell
Ribbon of Steel #8 "Reflection"
110"H x 74"W x 48"D
Steel
2008
$17,500
Sponsored by the Lexington Center Corporation
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James Wade
Member Co-op 42-75
42.75"H x 8.25"W x 8.25"D
Painted Steel
2008
$12,500
Sponsored by Langley Properties & Central Bank
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Tony Higdon
The Sum of its Parts
15'H x 2'W x 2'D
Painted Steel
2008
$12,500
Sponsored by Lexington Downtown Development Authority
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Jonathan Auger
Who We Are Or Want To Be
132"H x 72"W x 72"D
Steel
2007
$12,000
Sponsored by Webb Companies
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Geoff Smith
Dancing Champion
18"H x 24"W x 8"D
Bronze with Patina
2007
$7,500
Sponsored by Renee Jackson
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Erika Strecker
Connect
15'H x 4'W x 3'D
Fabricated Steel, Automotive Paint
2007
$19,500
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Esther Randall
Welded Capriccio: Klee's Eye
58"H x 88"W x 27"D
Assemblage from Found Objects
2007
$1,000
Sponsored by the Downtown Lexington Corporation
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Samuel E. Burns
Relationships of Points
83"H x 36"W x 42"D
Brushed Steel
2008
$7,500
Sponsored by First Federal Bank
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Dave Caudill
The Balance of Dreams and Plans
15'H x 4'W x 9'D
Stainless Steel
2008
$7,000
Sponsored by LFUCG
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