There’s something symbolic about it, if you think about it. Artist and sculptor Daniel Popper created a permanent public installation at Society Las Olas, a residential building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The installation is a huge figure ripping open its chest. The work also features a fern-adorned archway that viewers can walk through, as My Modern Met details:
Works of this scale are not new for Popper, who has spent years sculpting monumental public installations. In 2019, his Modem Swamp work towered over the Modem Festival in Croatia. For that installation, Popper collaborated with others to illuminate the work with projection mapping.
While music festivals are not possible at present, Popper says that he has already been focused on permanent public art installations. He hinted that more permanent works like Thrive are forthcoming. When asked how he hopes audiences will interact with Thrive, he tells My Modern Met, “I hope they will continue to interact with it and enjoy it and that the message and feeling continues for many years to come. In many ways it's a symbol of hope and transformation which have been central to many people's worlds during 2020.”
Image via My Modern Met
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Bloody yanks ! Anything to hide boobs away !
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