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Apolymon is a monumental abstract transparent sculpture made by California sculptor Bruce Beasley. It was commissioned by the State of California, and was the first artwork in what has become one of the nation’s largest public art programs. It is made of acrylic resin 15 feet wide and 4 feet thick and was installed in Sacramento in 1970. At that time acrylic resin could only be cast 4 inches thick and the plastics industry said it was not possible to make a casting that large. Beasley had to invent a new process in order to cast this monumental sculpture. Beasley’s technique has been used to make most of the large windows in the new generation of aquariums built since 1980.

Newspaper articles and media about Apolymon:

Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1970, “Sculptor Unveils Impossible Feat”

The San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 8, 1970, “The Heroic ‘Apolymon’“

The Sacramento Bee, March 14, 1970, ''“ ‘Apolymon’–A Triumph of Sculpture” ''

The Sacramento Bee, March 22, 1970,“ ‘Apolymon’–A major Happening in City History”

The Sacramento Union, March 14, 1970, “Huge Sculpture Marks Advance for Art, State”

The Oakland Tribune, March 22, 1970, “Oakland Sculptor in Capital”

San Bernardino Sun, March 14, 1970, “Impossible Plastic Sculpture Unveiled in State Capital”

Santa Barbara News Press, March 14, 1970, “Largest Single-Cast Plastic Sculpture Unveiled in Capital”

Artweek, May 16, 1970, “ ‘Apolymon’ Flies on Light”

Science ’83, American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 1983, “The Sculpture Transparent”

Featured on the 1991 “Inventions“ television series on the Discovery Channel