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| Arlene Slavin |
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Hopscotch and Running Wild
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Completion Date:
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1996
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Medium:
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Iron and Steel
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Dimensions:
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Hopscotch: 3' x 30', Running Wild 5' diameter
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Location:
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PS 130
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Address:
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143 Baxter Street, Manhattan
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Architect:
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William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates
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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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Arlene Slavin's
Hopscotch, located at P.S. 130 in the heart of Chinatown, consists of
nine cut-steel stair rails on the school's main staircase. The work features a
series of motifs that figure prominently in Chinese culture, such as rabbits,
dogs, and monkeys, along with designs of stars, flowers, and shells. The animals
seen in Hopscotch are also featured in Running Wild
, a plate disk sculpture attached to the wall of the stairwell.
About the Artist...
Arlene Slavin has been working for the past eight years in cut steel, aluminum, and brass plate making hanging and wall sculpture, ornamental fences, gates, railings, inlays, room dividers, folding screens, and firescreens. She is currently collaborating with landscape architects on several different park projects. For Kissena Park in Queens she has designed 220 feet of narrative fencing. At Fort Tryon Park she is working on a series of gates and fences that combine Hudson River imagery with Northeastern American Indian themes. She recently finished two large aluminum stair rails for a private residence in Sag Harbor, New York. Slavin has received a commission from NJ Transit for railings on the new Hudson Bergin Line.
Artist Quote...
Art in a public space must be a collaboration.
Artist, Architect, Community
Egos banished.
Sharing Pride of Place
Accessible yet Reaching
For a combination
Civic and Aesthetic.
-- Slavin, 1997
