Diego Medina’s plywood sculpture ‘Aurora’ has remained free of graffiti and other vandalism during the six months it has been in front of the Bronx River Art Center in West Farms Square.
Six months, and counting.
It has been that long, and the plywood sculpture in front of the Bronx River Art Center in West Farms Square miraculously has remained graffiti-free.
While storefronts and subway trains around it have been defaced with all manner of tags and symbols, nothing has appeared on the unpainted sculpture.
“It’s pretty amazing. I think it’s great,” said Jose Ruiz, the 34-year-old gallery director and curator for the Bronx River Art Center.
“I never could have imagined that it would last this long without being tagged,” he said. “We felt that the community was changing and so we felt it would be respected, but it was an unknown. We took a risk to do it and it has paid off.”
The 14-foot, multifaceted sculpture, titled “Aurora,” is a tagger’s dream.
It has six unpainted, interlocking geometric shapes and was inspired by the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s 1930 poem, “La Aurora de Nueva York” (Dawn in New York).
It was formally unveiled to the public in July and will remain on display in the square until June.
Even a sign that the city Department of Transportation placed in front of the sculpture stating its participation in the project didn’t last.
Although the sign was bolted to the ground, someone made off with it about a week after it was placed. Read more..
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