Claire Weiss Emerging Artist Award recipient Ruth McKerrell created a set of three goats that adorn the entrance of Fort Greene Park in the Myrtle Avenue district of Brooklyn. The sculpture picture here is Goat as Wolf, the first of the three. The sculptures were originally made of styrofoam but cast in aluminum. The sculpture are made possible thanks to the NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership. They will be exhibited from June 2011 until June 2012. More info: Ruth McKerrell's website
American mobile sculptor Alexander Calder created this immense sculpture that was sold at Phillips du Pury & Company for exactly $5,682,200. The sculpture was exhibited for a short time and has been part of a retrospective of his work. More info: The Calder Foundation
American sculptor Peter Woytuk has an extensive exhibition along the Broadway Mall from Columbus Circle to Harlem. The exhibition will be on view from October 21, 2011 until April 27, 2012 and is made possible thanks to the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and The Morrison Gallery. More info: Peter Woytuk's website
Berlin based artist Michael Sailstorfer created this sculpture, which is his first US public commission. The sculpture is the largest in of his sculpture series based on rubber tires, inner tubes and the ideas of movement and velocity. The sculpture stands at 30 feet in the east entrance to Central Park on Doris C. Freedman Plaza. The sculpture has been made possible by the Public Art Fund and the NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation and will be exhibited until February 19, 2012. More info: Michael Sailstorfer's website
American sculptor Valerie Clarebout created the angel sculptures which light up and adorn the Channel Gardens and Promenade of Rockefeller Center. These angels are always exhibited during the holiday time in the same location. Many people believe the angels to be part of the usual decoration, which they are, but have no idea that these angels are actually private sculptures that were commissioned and installed for the first time in 1954.
American sculptor Meryl Taradash has created as set of "Sculptures of Light and Wind" that have been displayed in various places. Most of them are still on display at Fordham Law, which is Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. In the sculptor's words, "these sculptures are designed to move with the wind and change with the light." More info: Meryl Taradash's website
American artist Adam Pendleton created this sculpture as part of the A Promise is a Cloud exhibition currently at MetroTech Commons Center. The A Promise is a Cloud exhibition is made possible thanks to the Public Art Fund and will be on view from November 5, 2011 until September 14, 2012. This particular sculpture is exhibited thanks to the Shane Campbell Gallery. More info: Adam Pendleton's website
One of our favorite artists is legendary Pop artist Keith Haring who created this piece which stands in Lower Manhattan. The sculpture exhibits one of his famous cartoon characters riding a dog. The sculpture has been installed on this location for many years thank to Lever House. More info: Keith Haring's website
Luke Dhanjal from Bangor, Northern Ireland sent us his sculpture contribution:
An artist from the Hellenistic period named Alexandros of Antioch is credited as being the sculptor of the world renowned Venus de Milo and is perhaps the most famous sculpture to come out of the Ancient Greek period. As everyone knows, the sculpture is permanently exhibited at the Louvre in Paris. Originally it was thought that Praxiteles was the original sculptor of this piece but a missing plinth revealed the true identity of the artist. This sculpture has inspired many artist in their work such as Henry Moore's Standing Figure: Knife Edge and most famously Jim Dine's Looking Toward The Avenue.
Historic sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens created this monument to General William Tecumseh Sherman briefly before his own death. This monument was originally intended to be located in Riverside by the same are as Grant's Tomb but after the Sherman family objected it was placed in Grand Army Plaza. The figure of peace present in other works of Saint-Gaudens is based on his mistress. The sculpture is gold leaf coated but it is in much need of conservation at the moment.
Bethany Robinson from Bangor, Northern Ireland sent us her sculpture contribution:
American architect Peter Esisenman created this memorial located in Berlin, Germany to honor the lives of the many Jewish people who lost their lives in the Holocaust. The memorial consists of 2,711 concrete stelae that are of varying heights placed along a sloping field. The names of those known to have lost their lives are inscribed at an attached underground place of information.
American sculptor Peter Woytuk has an extensive exhibition along the Broadway Mall from Columbus Circle to Harlem. The exhibition will be on view from October 21, 2011 until April 27, 2012 and is made possible thanks to the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and The Morrison Gallery. More info: Peter Woytuk's website
WWI American Sergeant Karl Illava sculpted this memorial of the infantry, in which he served, that stands on Central Park's east side. This sculpture is a memorial to those who served in the 107th infantry of the seventh regiment. It is not to be confused by the sculpture which serves as a memorial to the seventh regiment by John Quincy Adams Ward. The men who survived and returned home from this infantry where all awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
American sculptor Meryl Taradash has created as set of "Sculptures of Light and Wind" that have been displayed in various places. Most of them are still on display at Fordham Law, which is Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. In the sculptor's words, "these sculptures are designed to move with the wind and change with the light." More info: Meryl Taradash's website
American sculptor Peter Woytuk has an extensive exhibition along the Broadway Mall from Columbus Circle to Harlem. The exhibition will be on view from October 21, 2011 until April 27, 2012 and is made possible thanks to the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and The Morrison Gallery. More info: Peter Woytuk's website
American sculptor Peter Woytuk has an extensive exhibition along the Broadway Mall from Columbus Circle to Harlem. The exhibition will be on view from October 21, 2011 until April 27, 2012 and is made possible thanks to the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and The Morrison Gallery. More info: Peter Woytuk's website
American abstract sculptor Jonathan Prince is currently having an exhibition titled Torn Steel at the IBM Building's Atrium sculpture garden at 590 Madison Avenue. There are four sculptures that make up the exhibition which will be on view until November 18, 2011. The exhibition is made possible thanks to Cynthia-Reeves. More info: Jonathan Prince's website
American sculptor Peter Woytuk has an extensive exhibition along the Broadway Mall from Columbus Circle to Harlem. The exhibition will be on view from October 21, 2011 until April 27, 2012 and is made possible thanks to the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and The Morrison Gallery. More info: Peter Woytuk's website
American Land/Earth art artist and large scale sculptor Michael Heizer created this sculpture which was commissioned by the IBM corporation. The sculpture remains installed permanently near the entrance to the atrium of the IBM Building. This sculpture also shares the same name with another Heizer creation which consisted of a large boulder that was displayed at the LACMA earlier this year.
