Quarter Moon by Carl Billingsley (Greensboro, NC) has found a new home on Park Street (near Randolph St.) in downtown Champaign. The sculpture was formerly installed on Main Street (near Market Street). The sculpture was relocated to make way for another sculpture at that site, and to bring some new artwork back to the Park Street location.
The artist states: "Quarter Moon is an exploration of a vertical motif. It is constructed of standard industrial steel shapes such as I-Beams, and various sizes of pipe that are welded and mechanically attached. The technique that I employed in constructing Quarter Moon is also industrial and continues the tradition of 19th century 'constructivists' who introduced industrial materials and techniques into 'fine art.' 'Economy of means' and 'the hand of the artist' are both expressive aspects of the sculpture that any viewer can see and readily understand. Quarter Moon is a unique and somewhat mysterious object that enlivens the public space and references the natural world symbolically by employing universal design elements such as color, planes, lines and circles in a sort of poetry of object and space."
We hope you enjoy Quarter Moon in its new home!
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