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Upwells – by Stephen Luecking

 Installed: 1990

 Granite and bronze / 40′ high spire

 Acquired: through John Needles Chester Fund and Illinois “Percent for Art” Program.

 Location: Central plaza, south of Beckman Institute at UIUC
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

It  illustrates the basic principles of astronomy that deal with the motion of the earth through the solar system.

 

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Upwells [1990] – by Stephen Luecking

 

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The best write-up on Upwells, is by Muriel Scheinman, click here..
The gigantic work consists of five components aligned with a north-south direction: three low domes overflowing with water, a stepped and faceted spire, and a tilted globe atop a pedestal in a keyhole-shaped pool. They stretch across a sloped, variegated brick pavement at the center of the north campus, near the Beckman Institute.

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