Brooklyn Bridge Park's new “LAND” sculpture by Indigenous artist Nicholas Galanin is made out of the same weathered steel used to construct the border wall.
erected outside of Palm Springs for Desert X 2021. When the opportunity to work with the artist arose, he said he jumped at it
Nicholas Galanin meant his new piece to spark conversations about colonization, migration and how everyday people interact now with land that once belonged to indigenous people.The “LAND” sculpture is made out of the same weathered Corten steel used to construct the border wall. Sourcing the metal was challenging, Galanin says, but he felt it was important to pursue the right material to properly convey his message about the border working as a function of control and exclusion of people.
During a visit to the sculpture earlier this week, plenty of people stopped to take pictures of and with the sculpture. But only a few seemed to process the intentions behind it. Marcelo Alencar was running errands in the area when he stopped to take in the large artwork. He says it initially caught his eye because it blocked his view of the bridge.
Renzo Cuadros was more familiar with the sculpture’s background, and brought his friends to the park to see it. He says Galanin’s piece made him imagine what people have gone through as they tried to cross the border into the U.S. to start a new life. Like Alencar, Cuadros believes public art should always have some kind of deeper meaning.
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