Spiral Odyssey

“Spiral Odyssey,” a nearly 30-foot, stainless steel sculpture installed in May 2017 in uptown Charlotte’s Romare Bearden Park, links two of the most influential African-American artists of the 20th century.

The artwork, created by Chicago-based artist Richard Hunt, is a tribute to park namesake and Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden. Hunt and Bearden share the distinction of being the first two African-American artists to have one-person exhibitions at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1971.