From AVL Today: A guide to the best public art in downtown Asheville, NC: The Asheville Art Museum‘s first public art sculpture, Reflections on Unity, was installed in September of 2019 and became an instant classic. The two-ton glass orb sits atop a locally sourced boulder and shimmers from every angle.
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From South Park Magazine: You’ll know you’ve arrived when you spot the three-story glass façade and the enormous blue cut- and chiseled glass orb on the plaza in front of the museum entrance on Pack Square. New York-based sculptor Henry Richardson’s “Reflections on Unity” weighs about 4,500 pounds and sits atop an 8-ton boulder from a local quarry.
“The concept is unification of the community and inclusion for people coming to the museum,” Richardson said at the November opening. “It becomes a beacon essentially, to pull people in from the community and through the doors into the museum.”
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Video: Rick Limpert talks to Henry about Reflections on Unity at the Asheville Art Museum.
Photo: David Huff
