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| George Mason |
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Untitled
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Completion Date:
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1995
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Medium:
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Hand carved terra cotta bas-reliefs
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Dimensions:
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Each: 22'8" x 3'9"
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Location:
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P.S. 181
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Address:
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1023 New York Avenue, Brooklyn
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Architect:
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Swanke Hayden Connell
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Sponsor Agency:
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Board of Education
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Design Agency:
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School Construction Authority
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George Mason wanted his reliefs to resonate with the many West Indian children that attend this school. His imagery has at its core a reference to the exuberant head dresses that grace the West Indian American Day Parade. There is also water imagery of the Caribbean. The colors used are blue, turquoise, and terra cotta red.
The artist also wanted to project a feeling of exuberance and welcome as well as create works that were appropriate for the architecture of the site. The terra cotta color of the reliefs visually ties these works securely to the facing brick plane, with the blue and turquoise in the recessed areas as accent.
About the Artist...
George Mason has been awarded twenty-eight Percent for Art projects in his home state of Maine over the last ten years and has received three National Endowment for the Arts grants. He was one of the founding board members of Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Edgecomb, Maine.
Artist Quote...
The interior sites will give students a chance to touch the glazed work. Their hands will, absently or with interest, pass over my pieces day in and day out. I feel these 'in passing' moments add up, and can enliven the school experience. -- Mason, 1992
