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Artworks for State Buildings
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, DURHAM
Campus information:
(919) 286-3366

Location

North part of the campus

Artist
Thomas Sayre

Biography
Sayre is a co-founder of Clearscapes, a design firm that has combined architecture and art to create numerous commissions. Some of his projects include works for the Old Education Building, Raleigh, NC; Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC and the Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA.

Title, date
Gnomon, 1985

Artwork, media
Sculpture, concrete and steel

Gnomon/Thomas Sayre

Project Description
While geometric planes in space describe the sculpture, Gnomon was created in collaboration with scholars at the Morehead Planetarium to tell time and indicate the summer and winter solstices.

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