Uplift - Boston, MA
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N 42° 20.918 W 071° 04.293
19T E 329375 N 4690563
This art piece, with components visible in the building behind it, was installed last year and hints of flames or smoke that rise in the air.
Waymark Code: WMM85M
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2014
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In Boston's Back Bay neighborhood is this sculpture, named "Uplift."
The sculpture is located at the corner of Berkeley Street and Columbus Ave. It is right at the corner and is easily visible within the intersection.
The sculpture a multi-part piece made of stainless steel in the exterior portions and aluminum in the interior portions. The forms are organic, with curved shapes indicating a chaotic process and rising as it approaches in the building. If you look in the building windows, you can see that the shapes continue inside rising toward the ceiling in a roughly circular space.
The building is the new headquarters for Liberty Mutual.
Link to Sculpture info on Public Art Boston Site:
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The plaque for the sculpture is on the wall of the building to the right. Mia Pearlman is the sculptor and the year that the sculpture was made in 2013.