LocationSwope Soccer Village, E. 63rd St. and Lewis Road |
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Artist: Jake Balcom/Mettle Design
Installed: September 2014
Medium: Steel
KCMO’s One Percent for the Arts Program
The artwork “Triple Blome” features three progressive sculptural forms each beginning with the geometric shape of a soccer ball—known as a “Truncated Icosahedron.” Each of the three hollow metal forms sits atop 10′ steel posts. The transparency of the sculptural elements creates moving shadows on the adjacent plaza throughout the day, enhancing the visual interest of the artwork. Located in the South Plaza of Swope Soccer Village in Swope Park.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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