First Image Photo Credit: Owen Carter
Sator Cube
Modern cubic sculpture blending history, symmetry, and architecture
Sator Cube was installed in front of the sub-courthouse building for the City of Arlington to create visual and conceptual continuity with the architecture, incorporating subtle references such as the building’s glazing. Composed of 35 individual cubes touching at their corners, it forms an interplay of positive and negative space, with shifting light and shadow animating its surfaces. The title is inspired by the historic Sator Square—a five-letter Latin palindrome—reflected in the five “boxed” areas along each side, symbolizing the palindrome’s letters and reinforcing themes of symmetry, order, and timelessness.
104 x 86 x 86 inches
1800 lbs.
corten steel
Main Image Photo Credit:
Owen “O.K.” Carter