Night Shift by Jim Huntington, 1982

Jim Huntington was commissioned by Henry T. Segerstrom in 1981 to create Night Shift, n irregular-shaped stone and metal sculpture. Huntington began using granite in his sculptures in 1979 when he created a work using Pennsylvania granite. Since the time he has used granite from quarries found around the world. Night Shift, which weighs approximately 30 tons, in made from granite quarried near Fresno, California. The stone element in this sculpture intensifies one's experience of the natural, open setting of Town Center Park, as the stainless steel plate mimics the hard concrete and metal in the buildings that surround the Park. Huntington believes that it is important for society to appreciate beauty and be mindful of objects that can transcend their environment. His stone sculpture, sliced and intersected by a plate of stainless steel, has a power and force that address the natural and the man-made world, emphasizing man's control over his environment.