Olympic Iliad, Steel sculpture at Seattle Center, US.
Olympic Iliad is a steel sculpture made of 41 red painted cylinders located at Seattle Center. The work measures approximately 45 feet (13.7 meters) tall, 60 feet (18.3 meters) wide, and 30 feet (9.1 meters) deep, with five vertical cylinders forming its structural support.
Alexander Liberman created this work in 1984 with funding from Seattle's civic improvement bond and contributions from local residents and businesses. The project was part of a broader effort to enhance public spaces at the center.
Locals call it the Pasta Tube for its bent red cylinders. The sculpture also appears on the cover of Brazilian musician Amon Tobin's album Bricolage, and it echoes Liberman's earlier Iliad at Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York.
The work is located at the intersection of Broad and John Streets, making it easy to find within Seattle Center. Information plaques posted at the site explain the sponsors and contributors involved in creating it.
The sculpture is also called Pasta Tube, and a photograph of it appears on the cover of Brazilian musician Amon Tobin's album Bricolage. Liberman made a related work, Iliad, at Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York.
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