A kinetic artwork to reminisce the mother-child experience. Her children were very active and athletic growing up. She was proud of them for this energy, but also frustrated when it came time to attend a gallery/museum opening, riding on a bus, getting books at the library or social events requiring one to sit still. This art is as a flower blowing in the wind.
Photo by Allan Cyprys
I make art from found and commercial materials, giving them the look of distress, fracture and abandonment. This approach helps me reflect on conditions of struggle often faced by many who cannot speak for themselves. It is my hope that one day we can all put our differences aside and live in peace.
“This sculpture stands out in any environment, bringing an inner sense of balance and serenity. It allows one thing to recede and another to emerge. Everything in balance to another.” – Lenny Harrington
Please join us to thank those in the community who helped Sculpture for Leonia from its beginning in 2008 to the present. Appetizers outside at the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden, followed by lunch at the Annex next door.
“Springtime” represents a koi fish emerging from hibernation in the spring, and symbolizes renewal in the everchanging circle of life. It is made from upcycled horseshoes which have left their own impressions throughout their lifespan.
My sculpting career started after suffering a profound loss, and has allowed me to channel my emotions into something tangible. These emotions are brought to life in different forms which allows people to see, as well as feel, what is going on in my pieces. I work with many different materials including metal, wood, and cast stone. My ability to take these materials and transform them into works of art that have such personality keeps me grounded and connected to my inner self.
-Brian Wohrman
For more information visit brianwohrman.com or Instagram @brianwohrman
Sculpture for Leonia was gifted with these 2 sculptures made by renowned artist William King, who lived in East Hampton, NY, for 33 years, and died in 2015. He is known for depicting a sense of humor through his minimalist sculptures. His work has been acquired by many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in NYC.
Grounds for Sculpture was his fabricator for large commissioned pieces and aluminum was his favorite metal. These pieces are made of painted aluminum and are thought to be from the 1970’s.They were generously donated by Michael Rips and Sheila Berger.
William King was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1925, and grew up in Coconut Grove, Miami. After attending the University of Florida between 1942 and 1944, he came to New York in 1945, enrolling that year at Cooper Union and graduating in 1948. The following year he went to Rome on a Fullbright scholarship. He also spent time in Athens, Greece, and in 1952, at the Central School in London. Beginning in 1953 he taught for three years at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and later he taught at UC Berkeley, and elsewhere. He served as the President of the National Academy of Design, 1994-1998. In 2003, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
King’s earliest one-person shows were with the Alan Gallery, New York, beginning in 1954, and he continued to show in New York through 2014. The majority of his New York exhibitions were with the Terry Dintenfass Gallery, 1962-1997. He received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, the San Francisco Arts Commission Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture, and Honorary Doctorates from the San Francisco Art Institute, the California College of Arts and Crafts, and the Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C.William King lived with his wife, the painter Connie Fox, in East Hampton, New York, for 33 years; he died in 2015, one week after his 90th birthday.
Photo by Allan Cyprys
This is based on a “Presider Chair” design that was originally commissioned and executed in 2000. The original design was modified so that some of the sections appear to be melting.
‘Portal‘, made of pine and finished with marine varnish, measures 30” x 24” x 72” (h). The work suggests nature’s reclamation of an abandoned gate.
My sculpture Inside Out is a two-sided screen on which one side is the outside and the other is the inside. The center area of the sculpture is translucent aluminum screen. Are you looking from the outside in or looking from the inside out?
Photo by Allan Cyprys
The title references a famous Koan (riddle) in Zen Buddhist practice. The meditating figure, made of many tiny bells, hangs seemingly in midair, surrounded by prayer flags.
In bright sunlight, the grey shadows cast from the cutout red plastic above seem so 3-dimensional. When it’s overcast the cutout flower shapes are very readable as solid form
Photo by Allan Cyprys
A whimsical interpretation of flowers sprouting from its bulb. When viewing the pieces from different angles, complex geometric line drawings are created by the legs connected by unique forged steel flower fasteners.
I use relics in my sculpture Links to Nature to suggest such imagery as the flight path of a bird, a sliding over flowers snake, a busy bug…
Photo by Allan Cyprys
I wanted to represent power. Power that certain individuals within a society have gained through birthright or through a person’s own determination to achieve control and authorlty to rule.
The Tall Flower is a geometric structure made of wood. It is stained with bright colors, similar to the flowers you would find in a garden.
Creative Bergen “Arts Amble” in Leonia: June 12 & 13 from 1 – 4pm
Sculpture for Leonia will be presenting 8 new sculptures! Come meet the artists and the Sculpture for Leonia Committee. Find out more >
Chasing Nature
Presenting 8 new sculptures and the artists who made them. These artists, who exhibit as a group called 14 Sculptors, Inc. are from the New York area and sponsored by NYFA. We are proud to welcome them to Leonia.
Also on Station parkway: sculptures by Allen Terrell and Judith Peck.
Explore the sculpture garden and learn about Sculpture for Leonia. We are a volunteer group, responsible for displaying 51 outdoor sculptures around town. Meet the committee and enjoy the garden.
Download a complete list of the sculptures in Leonia
Sculptures are located all around town. Look along Station Parkway and at the pool. Some are off the beaten track, like the 3 behind the high school, next to the new culinary wing. See how many you can find, then answer the following questions and be eligible to win a $100 gift certificate to your favorite Leonia restaurant. There is plenty of time, all winter, to find the sculptures. The questions for the “challenge” are:
Use the form on this page to email us your answers and be eligible to win! The drawing will be held on March 21, 2021. Good luck!
Morning Call by Justin Perlman is a lyrical bird form fashioned out of carbon steel with stainless steel accents. Perlman describes Morning Call as an “expression of a new day,” turning away from the past to begin something new and reach for the future
