Profile Canto

Profile Canto

Trova’s Profile Canto series evolved from his Falling Man series, which became increasingly blossom-like. The more organic Profile Cantos are composed of round, metal petal forms. The sharp projections and sweeping curves of the Profile Canto series seem to...
Primogenesis

Primogenesis

Primogenesis is an artistic and technological achievement. The two stainless steel panels of the 25-foot sculpture are covered with 36 thin, silicon-coated disks capable of converting the sun’s rays into solar electricity, causing the spokes of the giant...
Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Originally created in Worms, Germany, the statue was part of a group of works commissioned to commemorate Luther’s appearance before the Diet. The statue was unfinished at the time of the artist’s death, and was completed by his assistant. The St. Louis...
Man on a Horse

Man on a Horse

Botero’s inflated figures can be understood as both a celebration and a criticism. While some see the obese, infantile forms as a parody of the childish, disgusting behavior of the bourgeois, others read his portly figures as an attempt to beautify fatness. The...
Les Danseuses

Les Danseuses

Les Danseuses is a highly abstracted sculpture that resembles tall, sinewy blades of grass. The polished stainless steel columns become a graceful solar ballet when the sun’s rays interact with photo-voltatic cells located on nearby rooftops, causing the...