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Suprina Troche
Lotus Forest
Suprina Troche
Lotus Forest
- Detritus/FoundObjects
- 11’h x interior dia. of Fountain
- I will build a framed out plywood base that will sit on 4×4 wood stilts so that the final base height is 6” below the top edge of the fountain wall. On this base will be flange/PVC pipe screwed to the plywood that will hold the art objects in their upright positions securely. The wood used will be exterior grade. The center will be a larger diameter and taller PVC pipe that will have holes for mounting the art objects. This PVC pipe will also be flanged and screwed to the base.
- There is no maintenance for this sculpture, the objects are meant to degrade as part of the statement. They will not degrade enough to cause any structural issues.
This ‘Lotus Forest’ is also inspired by Marcel Duchamp, the master of allocating an ordinary object in a way that brings about a different approach to ‘seeing’ or ‘contemplating’ the object. The installation is also meant to give us room to think about just how much we consume and discard.
These objects are also a thing of beauty.
Suprina studied sculpture at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia but gained the bulk of her knowledge of her craft from working in the field of promotional, prop making. Her clients included Annie Leibovitz, Apple Computer, Bloomingdales, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. After 9/11, having lived in the neighborhood at the time, Suprina decided she would focus solely on her own artworks, which discuss environmental, social and political issues. She has won numerous grants including 2 Puffin Foundation, a LMCC, NoMaa, Individual and Community Decentralization grants and was awarded Art in Public Places by Dutchess County Executive Arts Awards in 2021. Currently, Suprina has a public sculpture on the Walk Way Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY titled The DNA Totem.