Tilted Donut #7
About the Sculpture
The sculpture Tilted Donut #7 by artist Fletcher Benton, which was donated to the City of Lincoln by his estate, is now in place in Trago Park. The sculpture is easily viewed from Antelope Parkway, 22nd Street, and the pedestrian walkways and bike trails nearby. Art Makers Endowment funds helped pay for the transport of the work, enabling Public Art Lincoln and the City of Lincoln to accept this generous gift on behalf of the citizens of Lincoln.
The donut is the round, open-holed form in which all of the other elements are stabilized on. The sculpture is balanced with the long slender pole extending from the dense collection of geometric forms at the bottom. Tilted Donut #7 is made of Corten steel, which develops into a rust-like color when exposed to weather.
About the Artist
Fletcher Benton was born in Jackson, OH in 1931. He attended Miami University, Oxford, OH and received a B.F.A. in 1956. He moved to San Francisco where he became an instructor. He began his career as an abstractionist painter, but shifted to bronze and steel sculpture in the late 1970s.
Benton is known for his massive, precisely crafted geometric metal sculptures that combine welded circles, spheres, cylinders, cubes and squares composed and balanced in space. These sculptures are examples of Kinetic Art which explores elements of real or apparent movement.
https://www.fletcherbenton.com/
Additional Information
Trago Park, N. 22nd & U Street
Length: 18'
Width: 12'
Height: 28'
Location
Trago Park, 2100 U St Ct, Lincoln 68503 View Map
40.818615, -96.691257
Trago Park, 2100 U St Ct ,
Lincoln 68503
Trago Park, 2100 U St Ct ,
Lincoln 68503
Tilted Donut #7