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Two Worlds Apart by Ned Smyth
Photo CreditGSA/Arthur D. Owen
Two Worlds Apart
Photo CreditGSA/Arthur D. Owen

Two Worlds Apart

Artist
Year1992
Classification sculpture
Medium granite, slate, marble, stone tiles, art glass tiles and guilded glass tiles
Dimensionsred column: 120 x 36 in. (304.8 x 91.4 cm)
green column: 104 x 12 x 10 in. (264.2 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • "Two Worlds Apart" consists of two columns covered in mosaic tiles.  Each placed in front of each of the Federal buildings that face Telfair Square.  The columns have stylized capitals; one a classical design, one a palmetto motif.  These two sculptures are symbols of the natural world and the world of culture.  The color of the sculptures, a rich green and a vibrant red, were chosen for symbolic references to life and growth. "Two Worlds Apart" represents the balance between two coexisting worlds, nature and culture - "a fragile relationship between two powerful forces."