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Description
Artist Phillip K. Smith, III describes his work "Where the Earth and the Sky Meet" which is located on the east side of City Hall in downtown Oklahoma City.
A
Where
the
earth
and
the
sky
meat
is
really
inspired
by
Oklahoma
and
it's
inspired
by
those
two
most
prominent
physical
characteristics,
you
know
of
the
state
of
the
cities
that
big
blue
Oklahoma
sky
and
that
beautiful,
rust,
red
soil-
and
you
know,
and
I,
really
wanted
to
join
the
two
pieces
within
this
sculpture
that
would
be
out
on
the
city
hall
lon,
where
the
earth
this
guy
meet
is
composed
of
steel
rings.
Basically,
52
steel
rings
that
are
stacked
on
top
of
each
other,
and
these
rings
transform
in
the
bottom
to
top
at
the
base.
A
It's
a
perfect
circle
and
as
it
lifts
the
26
feet,
it
becomes
more
of
a
folded,
organic
form
and
begins
to
reflect
the
sky
in
a
very
different
way
and
as
it
lifts
there's,
the
introduction
of
mirror
polished,
stainless
steel
panels
and
that
the
sort
of
top
portion
of
is
almost
entirely
these
panels
that
begins
to
gradate
down
to
that
through
red
earth
soil,
as
it's
coming
out
of
the
ground.
What's
amazing
about
this,
is
that
you
know
we're
able
to
use
the
environment
as
color
within
the
piece.
A
So
when
you're
approaching
the
sculpture
and
look
up,
all
of
those
panels
are
reflecting
the
surrounding
environment
and
the
sky,
mostly
the
sky,
and
what
I
love
about?
That
is
that
you
know
we.
We
talk
about
the
sky
being
blue.
What
color
is
this
guy?
It
is
blue,
well
what
what
blue
and
when,
when
you
see
these
panels
and
the
hundreds
of
panels
you're
seeing
a
hundred
different
shades
of
what
that
blue
is
and
all
those
subtle,
different
tones.
A
The
site
where
the
sculpture
is
is
is
very
rich
in
that
the
context
is
downtown.
The
context
is
City
Hall,
there's
a
nice
mix
of
history
and
the
new,
including
all
of
the
project
180
and
everything.
That's
happening
there
with
a
Devon
Energy
building,
and
so
it's
it's
great
that
the
piece
is
able
to
interact
with
all
of
that
and
I
feel
that
it
does.
You
know
with
the
kind
of
reflective
quality
of
the
piece
it
begins
to
have
a
conversation
with
the
surrounding
buildings.