"V-Beam" is a functional structure and an aesthetic statement. Artist Christopher Sproat has combined standard transportation hardware —  signage, air circulation, and safety equipment — with his artistic sensibility to integrate the sculpture into the transit environment. The artwork takes the form of a large V, which Sproat judged to be the most practical shape in terms of access and stability, and is equipped with extruded aluminum panels and light-emitting diodes to carry out its functions. "Rather than make an artistic or decorative statement and add it to the station so that the viewer knows 'this is art,' I chose to make the entire space exuberant and unique," the artist says. 

Christopher Sproat was born in Boston and studied art at Boston University, the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, and Skohegan School of Fine Arts. Sproat has created public sculptures for a number of transit systems and government buildings. He has received many awards and grants from entities that include the National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities Council, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Sproat’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Newport Harbor Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others.