Originally installed in the middle of 1st Ave across from the United Nations and what is known as the “Protest Plaza”.
Now in July 2023/24 Griffiss International Sculptural Garden and Nature Trail in Griffiss Business and Technology Park, has acquired “Divisions” as part of its permanent collection in Rome, NY.
Twisted steel beams, historic hand-hewn wood beams from demolition sites, 14 ft at highest point x 70ft long. Installation: traffic triangle 1st Ave across from the United Nations with permissions from the DOT (Department of Transportation) and the Community Board.
Twisted steel beams, historic hand-hewn wood beams from demolition sites, 14 ft at highest point x 70ft long. Installation: traffic triangle 1st Ave across from the United Nations with permissions from the DOT (Department of Transportation) and the Community Board.
Twisted steel beams, historic hand-hewn wood beams from demolition sites, 14 ft at highest point x 70ft long. Installation: traffic triangle 1st Ave across from the United Nations with permissions from the DOT (Department of Transportation) and the Community Board.
Twisted steel beams, historic hand-hewn wood beams from demolition sites, 14 ft at highest point x 70ft long. Installation: traffic triangle 1st Ave across from the United Nations with permissions from the DOT (Department of Transportation) and the Community Board.
BRONX MUSEUM TERRACE: INSTALLATION, 2009-10
WESTCHESTER SQ, BRONX, NY
Co sponsored by the Westchester Sq. business improvement district and the New York City Department of Transportation
Two installations at Westchester Square on 2 separate traffic triangles, East Tremont and Robert Avenues and East Tremont and Westchester Ave sponsored by the NYC Department of Transportation, the Westchester Square Business Improvement District, and the Bronx Council on the Arts. The installation will be on view through June 2015
Steel , sand-cast bronze, fossil rock, red lava & weathered limestone 7ft high, 10ft wide & 25ft long;
Installation Bronx Museum Terrace
The steel and bronze originated as cast-off industrial and military scrap. They emerge newly formed and unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The bronze is smelted and formed in an open-faced sand mold and shaped by the physical processes of the pour. The bronze and steel is situated around stones embedded with shells and fossils, also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. The sculptural forms evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
Steel , sand-cast bronze, fossil rock, red lava & weathered limestone 7ft high, 10ft wide & 25ft long;
Installation Bronx Museum Terrace
The steel and bronze originated as cast-off industrial and military scrap. They emerge newly formed and unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The bronze is smelted and formed in an open-faced sand mold and shaped by the physical processes of the pour. The bronze and steel is situated around stones embedded with shells and fossils, also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. The sculptural forms evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
Structural Steel, Red Flame Lava, volcanic rocks from California; Coquina (Fossil rock)--an underwater formation from Florida; Quartz from Vermont; gray Limestone from the Delaware River Valley, 12ft x 8ft
Installation: sited in 2 different traffic triangles at Westchester Square, Bronx, NY.
Heavy twisted steel forms a unique synthesis with stones similar to those used as sculptural elements in Chinese gardens creating an urban garden, unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The structural steel originated as cast-off industrial scrap, evidencing the vulnerability and relatively short life of these man-made structures. The stones are also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. Together they evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
Structural Steel, Red Flame Lava, volcanic rocks from California; Coquina (Fossil rock)--an underwater formation from Florida; Quartz from Vermont; gray Limestone from the Delaware River Valley, 12ft x 8ft
Installation: sited in 2 different traffic triangles at Westchester Square, Bronx, NY.
Heavy twisted steel forms a unique synthesis with stones similar to those used as sculptural elements in Chinese gardens creating an urban garden, unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The structural steel originated as cast-off industrial scrap, evidencing the vulnerability and relatively short life of these man-made structures. The stones are also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. Together they evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
Structural Steel, Red Flame Lava, volcanic rocks from California; Coquina (Fossil rock)--an underwater formation from Florida; Quartz from Vermont; gray Limestone from the Delaware River Valley, 12ft x 8ft
Installation: sited in 2 different traffic triangles at Westchester Square, Bronx, NY.
Heavy twisted steel forms a unique synthesis with stones similar to those used as sculptural elements in Chinese gardens creating an urban garden, unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The structural steel originated as cast-off industrial scrap, evidencing the vulnerability and relatively short life of these man-made structures. The stones are also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. Together they evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
Structural Steel, Red Flame Lava, volcanic rocks from California; Coquina (Fossil rock)--an underwater formation from Florida; Quartz from Vermont; gray Limestone from the Delaware River Valley, 12ft x 8ft
Installation: sited in 2 different traffic triangles at Westchester Square, Bronx, NY.
Heavy twisted steel forms a unique synthesis with stones similar to those used as sculptural elements in Chinese gardens creating an urban garden, unpredictably assembled as metaphoric plants. The structural steel originated as cast-off industrial scrap, evidencing the vulnerability and relatively short life of these man-made structures. The stones are also sculpted by physical processes of the earth and the sea over millions of geological years. Together they evoke associations with the environmental threat now posed by the industrial culture.
BLOWING IN THE WIND/ ANA'S PLACE, Bronx
DECORATIVE FENCE, VILLA AVE, Bronx
GEFFNER HOUSE , 42ND STREET, NY
mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock, powder-coated and sand-cast bronze,10ft 6” x 17ft ,2013
This Decorative Grille separates an open courtyard area from the street, a metaphor for the forces that push lives, but also for growth and possibilities for change.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. for Bronx Boulevard, Bronx New York,
mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock and sand-cast bronze 10” x 3ft commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. for Bronx Boulevard, Bronx New York, to match the style of the design commemorating the building after a tragic incident, 2016
mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock, powder-coated and sand-cast bronze,10ft 6” x 17ft ,2013
This Decorative Grille separates an open courtyard area from the street, a metaphor for the forces that push lives, but also for growth and possibilities for change.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. for Bronx Boulevard, Bronx New York,
mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock, powder-coated and sand-cast bronze,10ft 6” x 17ft ,2013
This Decorative Grille separates an open courtyard area from the street, a metaphor for the forces that push lives, but also for growth and possibilities for change.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. for Bronx Boulevard, Bronx New York,
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mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock, powder-coated and sand-cast bronze,10ft 6” x 17ft ,2013
This Decorative Grille separates an open courtyard area from the street, a metaphor for the forces that push lives, but also for growth and possibilities for change.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. for Bronx Boulevard, Bronx New York,
laser cut, twisted mild steel, powder coated; with pattern imbedded in concrete patio,6 ft high x 44 ft, 2015. Security fence lining a garden patio area of a low income housing project, a project constructed from laser-cut, leaf-like steel slightly twisted to create a low relief.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc., 2015
laser cut, twisted mild steel, powder coated; with pattern imbedded in concrete patio,6 ft high x 44 ft, 2015. Security fence lining a garden patio area of a low income housing project, a project constructed from laser-cut, leaf-like steel slightly twisted to create a low relief.
commissioned by Project Renewal Inc. ,2015
mild steel 1 1/2” , 2” & 3” twisted flat bar stock
Geffner House Ribbon Cutting, 02/28/18 , 351 West 42nd Street
Geffner House Ribbon Cutting, 02/28/18 , 351 West 42nd Street
Heavy twisted steel forms create a unique synthesis with the stones similar to those used as sculptural elements in Chinese gardens. The steel twists around the stone contours and extends beyond the rocks to create an urban garden. Twisted structural I Beams remind the viewer of the vulnerability of structures, the relatively short life of these man-made structures, posed against the stones, which were formed over billions of years of geologic time. The installation raises questions about the fragile life of the natural environment and the domination of the man-made environment.
Bronze, Steel, Fossil rock (an underwater formation from Florida with highly irregular contours, embedded with sea shells)., Red Lava(from California),Quartz (from Vermont) weathered rectangular Limestone (from the Delaware River Valley,) 7ft to 2ft high, 150ft x 80ft area, 18 parts
A temporary public installation shown as sited at West Broadway and Chambers St., NY City, Tribecca, Manhattan; with permissions from DOT(Department of Transportation) and the Community board
Later installed at Snug Harbor Museum, Staten Island, NY, Sculpture Tour, Univ. of Tenn. Knoxville, Lancaster Square, Lancaster, PA.;
currently in private collections
Bronze, Steel, Fossil rock (an underwater formation from Florida with highly irregular contours, embedded with sea shells)., Red Lava(from California), Quartz (from Vermont) weathered rectangular Limestone (from the Delaware River Valley,) 7ft to 2ft high, 150ft x 80ft area, 18 parts
A temporary public installation shown as sited at West Broadway and Chambers St., NY City, Tribecca, Manhattan; with permissions from DOT(Department of Transportation) and the Community board
Later Installed at Snug Harbor Museum, Staten Island, NY, Sculpture Tour, Univ. of Tenn. Knoxville, Lancaster Square, Lancaster, PA
currently in private collections
Ohio Wesleyn Univ.
installation: mixed medial-dry wall, found objects text, photo transfers, 28ft wide x 5ft high,
Ohio Wesleyn University, 2000
These installations work with the multi-layered content of "place", reaching beyond the aesthetics of space. They are concerned with time, transience and contradictions and are distinguished by the qualities of found materials with a material history inscribed in their surface. Cunningham’s sculptural process is a form of "urban mining," transforming found materials such as exposed structural fragments, and twisted steel beams with layered significance and aesthetic function. Even the bronze forms were cast in her studio from former military scrap, and shaped by the physical processes of the pour.
Installation: Köln Hürth, Germany
The steel beams are evidently twisted and formed by tremendous force so they evoke associations in the memories of different generations and cultures. The twisted beams are intertwined with steel reinforcement rod and copper cable so they appear to grow plant-like from the earth, taking on a new life. The golden bronze, cast from USA military scrap glisten in the sun ambiguously flame-like.
Twisted Steel Beams, Sand-cast Bronze, 6 parts
from 11ft. to 6ft in height • October 2008-ongoing
Installation: Köln Hürth, Germany
The steel beams are evidently twisted and formed by tremendous force so they evoke associations in the memories of different generations and cultures. The twisted beams are intertwined with steel reinforcement rod and copper cable so they appear to grow plant-like from the earth, taking on a new life. The golden bronze, cast from USA military scrap glisten in the sun ambiguously flame-like.
Twisted Steel Beams, Sand-cast Bronze, 6 parts
from 11ft. to 6ft in height • October 2008-ongoing
Installation (detail): Köln Hürth, Germany
The steel beams are evidently twisted and formed by tremendous force so they evoke associations in the memories of different generations and cultures. The twisted beams are intertwined with steel reinforcement rod and copper cable so they appear to grow plant-like from the earth, taking on a new life. The golden bronze, cast from USA military scrap glisten in the sun ambiguously flame-like.
Twisted Steel Beams, Sand-cast Bronze, 6 parts
from 11ft. to 6ft in height • October 2008-ongoing
bent steel I-beams, 150 yr old granite side walk sections, text, 13' x 30' wide area, Installation: Stifts Ruine, a medieval cloister ruin currently used as open-air opera festival,
Collection: Stadt Bad Hersfeld, Germany
Massive steel beams, twisted and destroyed by tremendous force, are reconstructed to stand like survivors, a contemporary ruin, posed against the historic Stifts Ruin. Covenant is an alternative memorial, raising questions about destruction, history, and blindness to the humanity of one another. Historic granite sidewalk surfaces, worn smooth by thousands of pedestrians, are engraved with quotations from the diaries from people who survived the bombing of Berlin. Other stones contain a prayer/poem in Hebrew and English, written in 1946 by Avraham Sosksover. A quote from Audrey Lorde speaks individual choice, responsibility, and silence, and another about hubris,- Amerika's mistaken belief in an obligation to export democracy at any cost.
Massive steel beams, twisted and destroyed by tremendous force, are reconstructed to stand like survivors, a contemporary ruin, posed against the historic Stifts Ruin. Covenant is an alternative memorial, raising questions about destruction, history, and blindness to the humanity of one another. Historic granite sidewalk surfaces, worn smooth by thousands of pedestrians, are engraved with quotations from the diaries from people who survived the bombing of Berlin. Other stones contain a prayer/poem in Hebrew and English, written in 1946 by Avraham Sosksover. A quote from Audrey Lorde speaks individual choice, responsibility and silence , and another about hubris,-Amerika's mistaken belief in an obligation to export democracy at any cost.
in front of the Regierungspräsidium Kassel, Germany.
sand- cast highly textured bronze 5 parts, 144" x 36" each, Installation: Musser Park, Lancaster, PA
Collection: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton N.J.
The"War Memorial" series challenges the public sculpture tradition which celebrated heros and politicians. It employs the traditional material for public monuments, bronze, yet consists of vulnerable heroic victims which are not elevated by pompous pedestals.
"The bronze is cast in such a way that what we see are shells. The surfaces are varied and rich.Each bronze is open and closed, intact and torn, self-contained and dependent upon the others. They suggest classical sculpture, natural history skeletons and the pleurants, the sculptural procession of grave and dignified mourners made for Burgundian tombs at the end of the Middle Ages."
Michael Brenson, The New York Times
sand- cast highly textured bronze 5 parts, 144" x 36" each, Installation detail: Musser Park, Lancaster, PA
Collection: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton N.J.
The"War Memorial" series challenges the public sculpture tradition which celebrated heros and politicians. It employs the traditional material for public monuments, bronze, yet consists of vulnerable heroic victims which are not elevated by pompous pedestals.
"The bronze is cast in such a way that what we see are shells. The surfaces are varied and rich.Each bronze is open and closed, intact and torn, self-contained and dependent upon the others. They suggest classical sculpture, natural history skeletons and the pleurants, the sculptural procession of grave and dignified mourners made for Burgundian tombs at the end of the Middle Ages."
Michael Brenson, The New York Times
sand- cast highly textured bronze 5 parts, 144" x 36" each, 50ftx50ft area, Installation: City University Graduate Center, NYC , NY, Collection: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton N.J.
The"War Memorial" series challenges the public sculpture tradition which celebrated heros and politicians. It employs the traditional material for public monuments, bronze, yet consists of vulnerable heroic victims which are not elevated by pompous pedestals.
"The bronze is cast in such a way that what we see are shells. The surfaces are varied and rich.Each bronze is open and closed, intact and torn, self-contained and dependent upon the others. They suggest classical sculpture, natural history skeletons and the pleurants, the sculptural procession of grave and dignified mourners made for Burgundian tombs at the end of the Middle Ages."
Michael Brenson, The New York Times
This sculpture commemorating the lives and achievements of 11 Kassel women now stands for the future in this beautifully developed green, lined by some of Joseph Beuys' basalt stones and oak trees. The inspiration for this sculpture and the text displayed on the sculpture came from the book written to commemorate 11 Frauen by a number of visionary authors who initiated and edited the book for the 1100 year celebration of the City of Kassel/Germany.
6 architectural glass panels, each an unusual form with a high pointed angle, reflect the exceptional achievements of these women. The transparency of the material allows the informative sculpture to belong in its environment while focusing on what these women accomplished rather than what they looked like. It attracts viewers with image and quickly conveys something to engage the on-looker and then inform the interested viewer with more specific detail.
NBOSS North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
“Structural Transformations”
200 year old yellow and red pine beams with twisted steel I-beams from demolition site
each column 9.5 ft x 2ft x 2ft , 2020/2023