5,000 pound mosaic created by the artist David Wakstein and 120 arab and jewish children to be delievered and installed in art space in Chelsea on April 27th.
April 21, 2005 (Press Release) --
White Box is proud to present Miss Liberty, a monumental mosaic (approx.1600 ft) made of thousands of small hand-carved pieces of Jerusalem stone, created especially for White Box�s floor by 120 students from the four Art Stations and studios operating in Ofakim, Ramle, Nazareth and Rishon-leZion, Israel and led by Israeli artist David Wakstein.
Four Stations are artist-led, art-and-education studios, established in 1997 in which students, tutors and artists collaborate in jointly created art works. Four Stations is an initiative that offers an alternative to the unresolved and violent dialogue in which both groups have traditionally been engaged. The Art Stations and Art Studios provide an opportunity for youth born in Israel, and from the opposite extremes of Jewish and Arab families, to meet and communicate safely and creatively in the midst of disparities and ongoing conflicts.
The Miss Liberty mosaic created for White Box is based on a British cartoon from a 1940 Punch magazine, the year before the US entered the war, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The cartoon alludes to America�s reluctance to get involved in World War II. It features the Statue of Liberty riding a turbulent ocean. Instead of the torch, this Miss Liberty brandishes a sword with the word "conscription" while it tries to keep course on a polygon-shaped pedestal that simulates the Star of David.
Mr. Wakstein�s project moves away from despair and violence by providing creative solutions for Israel's youth that project a possible shared future.
Four Stations are artist-led, art-and-education studios, established in 1997 in which students, tutors and artists collaborate in jointly created art works. Four Stations is an initiative that offers an alternative to the unresolved and violent dialogue in which both groups have traditionally been engaged. The Art Stations and Art Studios provide an opportunity for youth born in Israel, and from the opposite extremes of Jewish and Arab families, to meet and communicate safely and creatively in the midst of disparities and ongoing conflicts.
The Miss Liberty mosaic created for White Box is based on a British cartoon from a 1940 Punch magazine, the year before the US entered the war, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The cartoon alludes to America�s reluctance to get involved in World War II. It features the Statue of Liberty riding a turbulent ocean. Instead of the torch, this Miss Liberty brandishes a sword with the word "conscription" while it tries to keep course on a polygon-shaped pedestal that simulates the Star of David.
Mr. Wakstein�s project moves away from despair and violence by providing creative solutions for Israel's youth that project a possible shared future.
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