''Invaders'' is a 1981 sculpture by Gary Wiley, installed on the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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(MIT) campus, in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, United States.
Description and history
The work was commissioned by MIT Percent-for-Art Funds. Conceived as a "reconfigurable installation", ''Invaders'' features four different wrought iron and soft steel butterflies mounted to the exterior of MIT Building 57, "individually articulated with colored and mirrored plexiglass, colored marbles, and fluorescent paint".
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''Invaders'' has been installed on the outside of several campus buildings.][ Until 2019, the artwork was installed on the exterior of MIT Building 44.][https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/historicalcommission/pdf/chcmeetingfiles/D1545_history.pdf?la=en ]
See also
* 1981 in art
References
External links
Invaders
at Cuseum
1981 sculptures
Iron sculptures in the United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus
Outdoor sculptures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Steel sculptures in Massachusetts
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