NEW YORK, NY – On March 4 th , 2019, The Fund for Park Avenue’s Sculpture Advisory Committee togetherwith NYC Parks will unveil artist Joseph La Piana’s “Tension Sculptures” – a series of five sculptures of varying dimensions that bring together La Piana’s conceptual heredity and interest in activating passive materiality. Located on the meridians of Park Avenue, beginning at 53rd Street and continuing to 70th Street, the installation is on view
through July 2019.Celebrated for his paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs, La Piana draws on the continued relationship connecting the genealogy in his work. Like DNA, the artist pulls from the origin of objects, pairing them together with new elements and material, essentially developing a new identity, function and purpose. With “Tension Sculptures”, the rigid, linear nature of La Piana’s ongoing “Tension Paintings” series exploring the boundaries of tensile strength is translated into three dimensions, comprising monochromatic yellow rubber stretched between and wrapped around stainless steel armatures, akin to a cats-cradle. The sculptures’ need to remain in a constant state of tension is essential to their physical composition, and as a result the artist refers to them as “living sculptures”.
through July 2019.Celebrated for his paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs, La Piana draws on the continued relationship connecting the genealogy in his work. Like DNA, the artist pulls from the origin of objects, pairing them together with new elements and material, essentially developing a new identity, function and purpose. With “Tension Sculptures”, the rigid, linear nature of La Piana’s ongoing “Tension Paintings” series exploring the boundaries of tensile strength is translated into three dimensions, comprising monochromatic yellow rubber stretched between and wrapped around stainless steel armatures, akin to a cats-cradle. The sculptures’ need to remain in a constant state of tension is essential to their physical composition, and as a result the artist refers to them as “living sculptures”.