Boys Cry Too
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
New York-based Orly Genger has re-worked a previous piece for the Park's new landscaping alongside Brays Bayou near the Bill Coats Bridge. An emerging talent, Genger has garnered attention for her large-scale constructions of brightly painted, knotted nautical rope. Spanning the genres of craft and fine art, Genger mines the intimate, domestic, and traditionally feminine practice of knitting to create sprawling, monumental installations. With the help of assistants, Genger looms, crochets, weaves, and knots heavy twine over the course of many months to create a single work. The installation in Hermann Park, which is made of knotted climbing rope, is painted in a wide range of colors including Eggnog, Springtime Bloom, Limeade, and many more. Boys Cry Too seems to pop off of the Park's terrain.