The Black Crown of Recurring Loss, 2019, bronze. Photo credit: Courtney Kinzer.
Located at the NE corner of Ingersoll Avenue and 42nd Street, The Black Crown of Recurring Loss is my first permanent piece of public art. Back in 2007 I had seen a wonderful and mysterious piece of Bronze Age art at the Menil in Houston - a tiny sculpture of a two-headed stag. I sketched it in a notebook not knowing that 12 years later it would inspire me to create my own interpretation.
The two heads represent the conjoined twins of Love and Loss and are a reflection on the nature of impermanence and an acknowledgement that grief is the price of love.
This project was made possible by The Avenues, the Iowa Arts Council, the NEA, Bravo, and private donors.
The two heads represent the conjoined twins of Love and Loss and are a reflection on the nature of impermanence and an acknowledgement that grief is the price of love.
This project was made possible by The Avenues, the Iowa Arts Council, the NEA, Bravo, and private donors.