Thousands of Shards of Glass Imitate Blurred Motion in a Towering Public Sculpture by Costas Varotsos
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Completed in 1994, Dromeas or “The Runner,” is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in thThousands of Shards of Glass Imitate Blurred Motion in a Towering Public Sculpture by Costas Varotsos
Completed in 1994, Dromeas or “The Runner,” is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in the formation of a runner in motion. Originally the piece was installed in the Athens’s Omonia Square, but fear that it would topple from underground metro vibrations encouraged the city to move the piece to Megalis tou Genous Sholi square. More Read more