For the Gentle Wind Does Move Silently, Invisibly

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Title: For the Gentle Wind Does Move Silently, Invisibly
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Description:

In order to revitalize the historic downtown green space in celebration of Daniel Burnham’s Group Plan of 1903, New York artist Brian Tolle, known for his Irish Hunger Memorial in New York’s Battery Park City, created a series of eight, nine-foot tall sculptural urns with changing seasonal plantings. With the title taken from William Blake’s Love’s Secret (1804), the artist utilized the computer program SOFTIMAGE to contort the polyurethane-coated STYROFOAM urns as if shaped by Lake Erie winds. The sculptural forms appear to be reacting to the forces of the wind—playfully transforming the strength and symmetry of their Neo-Classical design. Distinctive plantings also mark Cleveland’s changing seasons—continually altering the sculptures’ presence upon the Mall. The installation will be in place through September 2006.

PROJECT LOCATION

Park
Mall B, in place from 2005-2010
The Mall
602 St Clair Avenue, NE
Cleveland, OH 44199
United States

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PROJECT TEAM

Cleveland Public Art
PROJECT DETAILS

Temporary
120,000
Sculpture
Painting
Painted polyurethane-coated styrofoam
2004
2005