M-100 Spiral Galaxy In Virgo
(left & right views)

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Installed in the main lobby of the Air Force Research Center on Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuqueruqe, New Mexico

 

As you walk by the M-100 sculpture/painting, colors shift across the spectrum. Compare photos. This light shifting activity is accomplished by employing a diffraction grating sheet, adhered to hammered aluminum panels.

The diffraction grating is also an aluminum mirror, so in order to accurately define a specific image, I used black paint for the dark spaces of the galaxy – a reverse painting.

M-100 is 84 in. x 84 in. x 1.5 in., and weighs about 50 lbs

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