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LiteratureNote
Eric Giegrich, "Rochester Responds: City Is Maintaining Its Public Art," Artscene (June/August 1988).
Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012).
Jennifer Hyman, "Sculpture Gets Weatherproof 'Gift Wrap'," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), December 29, 1990.
Laura Stewart, "Public Art," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), October 9, 1983.
Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989).
Sally Walsh, "Most See 'The Twist' as Symbol of Hope for Downtown Area," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), June 4, 1974. Note Type
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Twist was installed in Genesee Crossroads Park East, Rochester, New York, on May 31, 1974. It was funded through the city's Percent-for-Art program and the Rochester Urban Renewal Agency. Castle's design was influenced by the loops of Rochester's highways, in particular the intersection of Interstate Routes 490 and 390. Twist's abstract nature and cost were controversial and, over the years, it was vandalized and suffered from deterioration. It was restored in 1993. The original concrete core was removed and much of the structure replaced.