Giant Hand Installations
Reflections - Installation in Central Park, 2021
Summer Playfield - Installation in Central Park, 2020
Strawberry Fields Once Again - Installation in Central Park, 2021
Two
Three
The Genesis of Giant Hands - 2018 - 2019
Hands Tesseract
Giant Hands Installations Statement
The human hand is at the heart of human civilization, we create and destroy by it.
The Giant Hands represent our diversity and our fragile relationship with Nature. I have always been obsessed with the Hand, a symbol of our civilization and the oldest art known to humankind. It is a series dedicated to working with the environment non-destructively, with minimal carbon footprint, the cost of a train ride and a human breath.
Giant Hands Installations are site specific works created between 2018-2022 in New York City and Beacon, New York.
Many of the installations were created during the Covid lockdowns. New York was empty and most Central Park staff went remote, so I did a bunch of illegal art installations. Places that previously were packed with activity had no one around, especially lucky for me, security.
The installations are designed with mobility in mind. They can travel on the subway in a bag and can be taken anywhere on my own power, by my two hands. They are light and nimble. Easy to install and de-install within a day so I do not seek permits. They get put up in the morning and taken down in the evening.