Tim Hawkinson – BALLOON PORTRAIT #4
Balloon Self-portrait # 4 was created and installed at Nyehaus Gallery in New York. Tim painted rubber on his entire body, with the help of his wife who painted his back. He then cut open the waist and stepped out of the piece (like stepping out of a pair of pajamas). The rubber was mended at the waist and the piece was fitted with an air valve. It is kept continuously inflated with a fish tank aeration motor. New Foundry produced a production rubber mold of this piece and made subsequent Balloon Self-portraits.
Branly Cadet - ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. MONUMENT
This figure of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. strides dramatically up an incline in front of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem. The bronze figure is 12 feet high, cast by New York Art Foundry Inc, and sits on a cylindrical pedestal made of stainless steel and black granite. All told, the monument is 21 feet tall. The piece was sculpted by Branly Cadet, a New York native. It’s title “Higher Ground,” was inspired by a quote from Powell, “Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.”
MATTHEW DAY JACKSON
CLOCKS for City Hall, New York City
Kostas Seremetis – THE ETERNAL High polished and laquered bronze casting with high polished chrome torso.
Saint Clair Cemin – FOUNTAIN
Zhang Huan – PEACE This foundry project involved a full life body casting of Zhang Huan, cast bronze bell, and a 12' fabricated steel structural frame. Zhang's figure was completely molded in a non toxic silicon rubber. The production mold produced a wax and subsequent bronze casting with exacting skin and hair texture detail. The bronze casting was leafed with 24 carat gold and suspended from cables. This piece operates as a kind of gong - when the figure is pulled back and away from the bell. and released, the bronze head strikes the bell and produces a low sound. In cooperation with the Battery Park City Authority and Creative Time, The Peace project was unveiled along with a performance piece by Zuan Huan which included the release of 1000 doves.         Louis Gispert – Four cast bronze, high-polished BOOM BOX BENCHES