2012
bronze, steel, glass, fragments from the rubble of the World Trade Towers
78” x 22” x 24”
Tag: 2012
September 11th: A Memorial for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine 4
2012 bronze, steel, glass, fragments from the rubble of the World Trade Towers
78” x 22” x 24”
This had to be a sculpture of a human being that had absorbed and survived an attack, wounded but alive, unlike the dynamited Bamiyan Buddha statues and so many other universal cultural treasures.
September 11th: A Memorial for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine 3
2012
bronze, steel, glass, fragments from the rubble of the World Trade Towers
78” x 22” x 24”
Inside the reliquary base are pieces of concrete, a tangle of metal reinforcing rods and a shred of Victoria’s Secret lingerie from a store on the concourse. This shred was a terribly poignant reminder that so much that is intimate was exposed, so much that is life-affirming was killed, so much that is instinctive was attacked.
September 11th: A Memorial for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine 2
2012
bronze, steel, glass, fragments from the rubble of the World Trade Towers
78” x 22” x 24”
The reliquary pedestal’s beveled corners and angled top are based on the design of the World Trade Towers.