Works in Public Opening: 145th Street

The Art Students League of New York and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation invite you to the opening of Works in Public in Riverside Park at 145th Street, celebrating sculptures by Lindsey Francis Jones and Clare Burson.Lindsey Francis Jones, City in Shapes, City in FishCity in Shapes, City in Fish invites viewers into the artist’s visual language through a cityscape of abstract shapes and color. Inspired by the craft and community of printmaking, the work incorporates images of six fish etched onto selected plexiglass, contributed by fellow printmakers and artists: Laurissa Widrick, Felix Bladbjerg, Kait Waldman, Stan Overstreet, Barbara Ganmen, and Scarlett Patino.Clare Burson, Unearthed.UNEARTHED is an installation of three steel forms inspired by the ancient Plain of Jars in Laos. It asks us to consider the inevitable and unexpected ways that history imposes itself on the present. When experienced with its accompanying soundscape, UNEARTHED also reminds us that our shared public spaces are nexus points for an infinite number of narratives that connect individuals and communities across time, those who lived here before us and those who will come after us.