Public Art - Table of Contents
"Eden"
Elmwood
Avenue, between Bidwell Parkway and Potomac Avenue, Buffalo, NY
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1987 bronze work has been gifted to the City by AT&T. The two-piece
bronze sculpture named “Eden”, by prolific artist Judith Shea, was
donated by the Corporate Art Collection of AT&T. The work of art
was also made possible through a public art initiative conducted by the
Buffalo Arts Commission and the Albright-Knox. Judith Shea is widely respected for her series of works which portray bodiless articles of clothing with no forms to fill them. Her history as a fashion designer has influenced her works for over 30 years. According to Buffalo Arts Commission Chair, Catherine Gillespie, this is the first time in 30 years that the City has added a work of art of this nature, that does not commemorate or memorialize an individual or group. This public art initiative is simply art for art’s sake. In her early works, such as the one that we see here, her [Shea] hollow figure compositions were created using heavy industrial felt, which was purchased from the Buffalo Felt Company. |
  Looking west   Looking north  Looking east ... Note ground plaques: The Buffalo Cultural Walk of Fame ... "The Buffalo Cultural Walk of Fame
was created by Charles Griffasi Sr to honor Western New Yorkers who
have enriched the universe with their artistic contributions in
Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts. To maintain the legacy of
our vast heritage, their names are engraved in granite plaques and
permanently recessed into the sidewalk at Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell
Parkway. This location is the gateway to our cultural
corridor. This encompasses the Albright Knox, the Burchfield
Penny Center, and the Historical Society ... Western New Yorkers in
celebrating those who have excelled in music, film, television, as well
as the literary, visual, performing arts, architecture and innovation."
- Website (online September 2015)
  The Buffalo Cultural Walk of Fame   The Buffalo Cultural Walk of Fame: Katharine Cornell    The sculptures are initially fashioned from industrial weight felt, which the artist saturates with hot wax and presses into shape, before filling the shapes with molten metal.        |