17. “Freeform”

Stephen Johnson
Location: 6th & Massachusetts St.
(SW corner)
Year purchased: 2004

This piece enjoys a prime spot on the south side of 6th Street between Vermont and Massachusetts. A unique manipulation of the letters F,R,E and E, this work becomes a "flame" of Lawrence's most carefully guarded ideal - freedom for all people.

Juxtaposed diagonally across the street from "Flame" (the city's most well known sculpture - in front of City Hall), "Freeform" complements its mobile counterpart by achieving the sense of movement, not with moving parts but with shapes that move the eye from bottom to top in an adventurous manner.

 

 

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