Dear friends and colleagues, I hope you will stop by the High Line tomorrow evening for a special LIVE casting of Vox Populi contest winner Florent Morellet by artist John Ahearn. Beginning at 5 pm in the 14th Street Passage, John will create a plaster cast of Florent’s head and arms. The finished work will be installed in September alongside the other nine sculptures in our group exhibition Busted. Below please find additional details and I hope to see you there! All best, Ashley Florent Morellet is going to #GetBusted on the High Line! Thursday, August 1, 2013, 5:00 – 6:00 PM 14th Street Passage, on the High Line at West 14th Street Free | All Ages | No RSVP required Florent Morellet – celebrated artist, flamboyant restaurateur, and champion of the Meatpacking District – has won the Vox Populi contest and been selected by public vote to be commemorated on the High Line. Artist John Ahearn will create a plaster cast of the subject’s head and shoulders during a public viewing on the High Line. The final work will be on view between September 2013 and April 2014 as part of Busted, the group exhibition featuring nine installations on the High Line that play upon the centuries-old tradition of dedicatory busts and memorials in public spaces. Florent Morellet is an artist and activist. His renowned Restaurant Florent, a Meatpacking District institution, was a center for grassroots activism for more than two decades. He has been a leader in issues ranging from gay rights to AIDS to architectural preservation. Since retiring from his restaurant in 2008, Florent has concentrated on his art and social causes. In 2010, the Manhattan Borough President appointed him to the board of the borough’s Community Board 2. Active in New York since the late 1970s, artist John Ahearn is known for vivid, hyper-realistic sculptures that portray common people from local neighborhoods, making art that is deeply rooted within the community. His sculptures – life-like busts realized through casting sessions often carried out as performances in public spaces – are a celebration of the community spirit and have been presented in both public contexts and art institutions. Ashley Tickle High Line Art Communications Manager Friends of the High Line
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:36:42 +0000
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