Treesouls

Here is a photo I shot last week, of one of a series of sculptures by Alison Saar currently on display in Madison Square Park through December 31. This is one of the Treesouls (1994) that accompany the series Faellan and Fallow, commissioned for the Park.

Treesouls is based on, or inspired by, the myth of Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades. Her abduction gives rise to the seasons. The piece is constructed, in part, of bronzed tree branches.

The layers of natural-ness / human-altered-ness are fun to think about. I hope to make the time to view these pieces over the course of the next few weeks, and hope to see and photograph them in the changing seasons, to see what impact that will have on the work's resonance. You can read more about it on the Madison Square Conservancy's website, and in Whitewall: Contemporary Art and Lifestyle Magazine.