Born 1970, Lebanon, NH
Works in Burlington, VT
The DeCordova Ball was created by Lars-Erik Fisk specifically for deCordova's 1999 exhibition On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture. The DeCordova Ball is one in a series of outdoor spheres created by Fisk. The artist sees the sphere as a "simple, seamless form expressing movement and the concept of endlessness and timelessness without a beginning, without an ending." The DeCordova Ballabstracts and complements the architecture of the Museum through the sculpture's red brick exterior, arched window form, and slate turret. The structure of the ball is comprised of a steel support skeleton which was filled with concrete and then coated in wet clay. Once dry, the clay was layered with bricks that were individually custom-cast by the artist.
See also, Street Ball.