NEW YORK, NY.- The Garment District Alliance unveiled Mass Medium, a group of five, 25,000-pound sculptures carved from granite that will captivate New Yorkers and visitors alike with its tremendous stature on Broadway’s Garment District plazas this winter.
Created by highly respected sculptor, Harry H. Gordon, who resides and operates his studio in Lambertville, New Jersey, the neighborhood’s second winter art installation occupies the pedestrian space on Broadway from 36th to 41st Streets in the Garment District through April.
“Mass Medium is a spectacular installation that amazes passersby with its enormous, impeccable stone structure, coupled with its ability to adapt to the Manhattan landscape,” said Barbara Blair Randall, president of the Garment District Alliance. “Harry Gordon’s sculptures truly embody the innovative and imaginative spirit of the Garment District, and we are thrilled to showcase his incredible work. I am confident these imposing figures will serve as the most popular art installation in New York City this winter.”
The five works, Sandalphon, Snaphance, Enki, Flying Canoe and Grasshopper, are intended to become part of the environment, invoke curiosity among passersby and present New Yorkers and visitors with a new, unique way to experience stone in Manhattan.
Harry begins designing his artwork by collecting large pieces of fine granite that were initially discarded by the stone industry. Through utilizing a crane in his studio, he assembles each fragment of stone into a sculpture that takes on anthropomorphic attitudes, gestures and stance, essentially relating to human life.
"I have always felt that my sculptures need to be installed and viewed by the public to be complete – it is as if they get their batteries charged with each person that sees them,” said sculptor Harry Gordon.
With an extensive background in public sculpture, Harry has served as the Department Head of Sculpture Installation at the Johnson Atelier, Assistant Curator at Clinton Hill Sculpture Park at Pratt Institute, and Curator at Sculpture Garden at Nexus Properties in Trenton, New Jersey. Additionally, Harry has participated in more than 60 exhibitions over the past 25 years.
Mass Medium is the latest in the ongoing Garment District Art on the Plazas series of public art installations, which has also included Avian Avatars, Sidewalk Catwalk, Tour de Fashion, Figurations, Broadway Green, The Sentinels, and, most recently, Seward Johnson in New York.
