Can Love Pervade Space?
Yodle Arts Talk, June 17
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First look at complete sculpture, June 9, 2015
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Can love pervade space? was installed in New York City's Riverside Park South by the Hudson River, Manhattan from June 11, 2015 through June 2016 as part of the Model-to-Monument Program, a collaboration between the Art Students League of New York and the City of New York Parks & Recreation, sponsored by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Extell Development Fund, The Aldyn, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Can Love Pervade Space? responded to the 2015 Model-to-Monument theme, Patterns in Nature, by presenting 50 realistic bust portraits, each representing a unique individual, each sculpted from life from 3-5 hour sittings with Ken, then cast in concrete, to dramatize and evoke patterns of human morphology, behavioral patterns in human nature, and the patterns and anti-patterns emergent from society and culture
A wireframe of steel above the sculpture, as well as the elevated landscaping of Site 1 in Riverside Park South, creates a sort of idealized society, framed as if under analysis, such that a viewer might consider questions such as: “who are these people that make up society?", “are they joyful or suffering?”, “how do they relate?”, "is charity inevitable?", "is extreme income inequality tolerable?", "are we disaster-creating consumers or conservationists?"
Can Love Pervade Space?, seeks to have such questions arise in this contemplative space and during these challenging times, and hopes that can we generate the courage and wisdom to steer ourselves toward behavior, individually, in governance, and in society, that ultimately demonstrates love of humanity.
Concrete casting for the work has been done by artist Monserrat Daubón. Metal Fabrication is done by Brewster Iron Works, Inc. in Brewster, NY.
Thank you, Antwan Lewis, for the interview on Good Day New York on Fox 5:
http://www.myfoxny.com/clip/11554716/arts-students-league
Other Press:
Untapped Cities, June 12, 2015
NY1, June 11, 2015
Wall Street Journal (see gallery), June 9, 2015
Events:
Yodle Arts Talk, June 17, 2015
Yale Alumni "Day in New York City" Sculpture Talk, October 17, 2015
Can Love Pervade Space? responded to the 2015 Model-to-Monument theme, Patterns in Nature, by presenting 50 realistic bust portraits, each representing a unique individual, each sculpted from life from 3-5 hour sittings with Ken, then cast in concrete, to dramatize and evoke patterns of human morphology, behavioral patterns in human nature, and the patterns and anti-patterns emergent from society and culture
A wireframe of steel above the sculpture, as well as the elevated landscaping of Site 1 in Riverside Park South, creates a sort of idealized society, framed as if under analysis, such that a viewer might consider questions such as: “who are these people that make up society?", “are they joyful or suffering?”, “how do they relate?”, "is charity inevitable?", "is extreme income inequality tolerable?", "are we disaster-creating consumers or conservationists?"
Can Love Pervade Space?, seeks to have such questions arise in this contemplative space and during these challenging times, and hopes that can we generate the courage and wisdom to steer ourselves toward behavior, individually, in governance, and in society, that ultimately demonstrates love of humanity.
Concrete casting for the work has been done by artist Monserrat Daubón. Metal Fabrication is done by Brewster Iron Works, Inc. in Brewster, NY.
Thank you, Antwan Lewis, for the interview on Good Day New York on Fox 5:
http://www.myfoxny.com/clip/11554716/arts-students-league
Other Press:
Untapped Cities, June 12, 2015
NY1, June 11, 2015
Wall Street Journal (see gallery), June 9, 2015
Events:
Yodle Arts Talk, June 17, 2015
Yale Alumni "Day in New York City" Sculpture Talk, October 17, 2015
Water
is a collaborative sculpture 16 feet high, placed in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, that was installed in June 2015. It is a joint project between the 7 Fellows of the Model-to-Monument Program (Lee Apt, Caroline Bergonzi, Kate Jansyn, Sukyung Kim, Donat King, Paola Morales, and Ken Shih). Water was the theme presented to the Fellowship by Park Director Margot Perron. We are deeply indebted to her and Dennis Burton, Ecologist for New York City Parks Department, and Community Board 13, for their input and support of this project.
See coverage about the sculpture on Channel 12 News
See coverage about the sculpture on Channel 12 News
Banner and Yodle Arts Talk photo by Stan Miroshnikov