International Sculpture Center
   

DIRECTORY

Thomas H. Sayre

Gyre



Date: 1999
Media: Earthcast Concrete, Iron Oxide
Dimensions: 24’ x 22’ x 150’
Location: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Cast horizontally in the earth, each piece is then stood vertically with a large crane. Gyre derives its name from the Irish poet, W. B. Yates, who conceived of history as the complex movement of a spiral. This piece has been accessioned into the permanent collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art.