What started as two tower sculptures, coasts, poets, mindsets, voices, personas, histories and countries that converged in a single gesture on San Servolo island, Venice Italy during 2011 Biennale has now resurfaced in Los Angeles as a deconstructive series of four sculptures, hence The Los Angeles Text Project2, The New York City-based artist Joseph La Piana’s 10-foot-tall work's continue the narrative that was initiated in Venice. This work brings together the poetry of Whitman and Ginsberg, analyzing the American condition over the ebb and flow of time. La Piana layers text which references the constant wars that rage within and without. For La Piana, these tower sculptures become repositories of meaning and markers of both hope and despair. They symbolize miscommunication, isolation, and the inability to distinguish perception over reality. The current iteration of the tower sculptures represents the twin towers fallen and separated ten years ago engaged in deep dialogue.
Text Project^2: The Andy Warhol Museum
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