| Holistic Image VIII | |
| Artist: | Betty Gold |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Type: | Steel |
| Height Imperial: | 186 |
| Width Imperial: | 189 |
| Length Imperial: | 193 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Currently Danville, Indiana, United States |
| Museum: | Formerly Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| Coordinates: | 39.7609°N -86.52°W |
| Owner: | Town of Danville |
Holistic Image VIII, is a public artwork by American sculptor Betty Gold (b. 1935), located in front of the Danville, Indiana Town Hall which is 20mile west of Indianapolis, United States. The sculpture is made of steel and is approximately in height, wide and long. It weighs approximately 8,000 pounds. Completed in 1980, the sculpture was originally owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art but was deaccessioned in 2009 and donated to the Town of Danville, Indiana.[1]
Holistic Image VIII is a geometric abstract sculpture consisting of a triangle bisected by a pentagon shape with a C-shape cutout on the proper right side, and a curvilinear C-form intersecting proper left front face. Standing sixteen feet tall and sixteen feet wide, it was crafted from a single plate of 1-inch thick raw steel. The artist's monogram, a "G" with a "b" inside, appears on the proper right, back of the sculpture.[1]
After being on display on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art for several decades, Holistic Image VIII was donated to the Town of Danville, Indiana in 2009. That same year, Danville relocated their Town Hall offices from next to the Hendricks County Courthouse at 147 W. Main Street to the former Danville Middle School at 49 N. Wayne Street. On March 24, 2010, Holistic Image VIII was placed in front of the new Town Hall building, where it is prominently visible upon entering the town of Danville on Rt. 36 / Main Street.[2] The sculpture is known to town residents simply as "Betty." [3]
Holistic Image VIII was donated to Danville along with another contemporary piece called Nimrod which is located in front of the old Town Hall building on Main Street. The Town of Danville explains that both sculptures "add flavor and interest to the Main Street corridor and demonstrate that our community is interested in expanding the historical, cultural, and creative knowledge of its citizens and visitors."[3]