Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress

Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress is a public art work by American artist Thomas Queoff, located on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.At its base, the sculpture is approximately two feet wide.As the sculpture narrows by a foot toward its midsection, the granite's surface is faceted along a diagonal line.Toward the sculpture's again wider top, a trapezoidal void in the shape of an elongated diamond divides the granite and gives it the appearance of the eye of a needle.The artwork is located in the traffic median on S. Layton Blvd.
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