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"From
our
first
meetings
just
prior to
the
Covid
quarantine,
to
applying
the
final
patina
to the
bronze,
I'm
excited
to
install
this
work -
it's
been a
long
time
coming,"
said
Hocking.
"The
whole
team at
Huntington
Place
has been
great,
and I
was
thrilled
that my
proposal
was
chosen." |
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DRCFA
Art
Foundation
unveils
plans
for
stunning
new
outdoor
sculpture
at
Hunting
Place
• Major
civic
sculpture,
"Floating
Citadel,"
located
at the
main
entrance
circle
drive to
join
Huntington
Place's
public
art
collection
•
Installation
expected
to be
complete
by late
summer
in
advance
of the
North
American
International
Detroit
Auto
Show
DETROIT,
MI - The
DRCFA
Art
Foundation
revealed
plans
for a
stunning
new,
public
art
outdoor
sculpture
for
Huntington
Place by
internationally-acclaimed
artist
Scott
Hocking.
The
11-foot
diameter
bronze
sculpture,
"Floating
Citadel,"
by
Hocking,
will be
located
in the
main
circle
drive of
Huntington
Place in
downtown
Detroit.
The
installation
of the
sculpture
is
expected
to be
complete
by late
summer.
"We are
thrilled
to
reveal
Scott
Hocking
as the
artist
for this
stunning
civic
sculpture,
which
will
welcome
our
community
and
visitors
to the
world-class
Huntington
Place
Convention
Center,"
said
Lisa
Canada,
DRCFA
Board
Chair
and
DRCFA
Art
Foundation
Chair.
"The
sculpture,
'Floating
Citadel'
is a
beautiful
piece
which
will
join our
other
significant
artworks
at the
convention
center
as we
continue
to
expand
our free
public
art
collection."
"Floating
Citadel"
will
join the
public
art
collection
at
Huntington
Place
that
includes
work by
internationally
respected
artists
such as
Hubert
Massey,
Robert
Sestok,
Tyree
Guyton,
and
Gilda
Snowden,
among
others.
"From
our
first
meetings
just
prior to
the
Covid
quarantine,
to
applying
the
final
patina
to the
bronze,
I'm
excited
to
install
this
work -
it's
been a
long
time
coming,"
said
Hocking.
"The
whole
team at
Huntington
Place
has been
great,
and I
was
thrilled
that my
proposal
was
chosen.
To have
a
large-scale
sculpture
in
Detroit's
Civic
Center,
joining
the
likes of
Noguchi,
Graham,
Fredericks,
Barr,
and De
Giusti -
and to
have it
located
in front
of the
place
that
I've
gone to
since I
was just
a kid at
the Auto
Show -
it's a
real
honor."
Focused
on
Detroit
history
and
Huntington
Place's
status
as a
global
hub of
activity,
"Floating
Citadel"
is
inspired
by
everything
from
ancient
Native
shorelines
and
French
voyageurs
to the
City's
current
status
as an
artistic,
creative,
and
entrepreneurial
beacon.
It is
influenced
by the
Savoyard
Creek
and the
original
Detroit
River
edge,
which
ran
within
steps of
this
sculpture's
site.
The
sculpture
takes
its name
from the
original
walled
Village
boundaries
and its
defensive
core,
"the
Citadel,"
which
was
located
where
this
sculpture
will
stand.
The
bronze
sculpture
harkens
back to
thousands
of years
of
mining
in
Michigan's
Upper
Peninsula,
and the
copper
and iron
ore that
traveled
down the
Great
Lakes to
Detroit,
creating
an
industrial
giant
and
auto-industry
capital
for over
100
years.
All of
these
highlights
through
history
occurred
right
where
this
sculpture
will be
installed,
at the
corner
of
Washington
and
Jefferson,
and the
work
will
incorporate
all of
these
qualities,
to
create a
monument
that
speaks
to
Detroit's
past,
present,
and
future.
Visually
inspired
by the
East
Jordan
Iron
Works
cast-iron
grates
that are
found
throughout
Michigan,
"Floating
Citadel's"
form
references
celestial
bodies,
astrolabes,
cages,
drains,
thresholds,
mystic
symbols,
and
human
skeletons
–
specifically
echoing
the idea
of rib
cages,
which
protect
life,
but also
trap us
on the
earthly
plane.
The work
represents
both a
global,
terrestrial
object,
and yet
an
ascending,
spiritual
form.
Hocking's
artwork
has been
exhibited
internationally,
including
the Van
Abbemuseum,
the
Kunst-Werke
Institute,
Kunsthalle
Wien,
the Gare
St
Sauveur
of
Lille,
Crystal
Bridges
Museum
of
American
Art, ASU
Art
Museum,
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
Chicago,
Smart
Museum,
School
of the
Art
Institute
Chicago,
Contemporary
Art
Museum
St.
Louis,
PAFA
Museum,
the
Mattress
Factory
Art
Museum,
Detroit
Institute
of Arts,
Cranbrook
Art
Museum,
MOCAD,
Broad
Museum
at MSU,
and the
University
of
Michigan.
He has
received
multiple
awards,
including
a Kresge
Artist
Fellowship,
a Knight
Foundation
Arts
Challenge
Grant,
and an
Efroymson
Contemporary
Arts
Fellowship.
His work
is
represented
locally
by David
Klein
Gallery,
Detroit.
More
information
can be
found
here.
Hocking
was
selected
through
a
national
competition
launched
by the
DRCFA
Art
Foundation.
The
Selection
Committee
includes
Rochelle
Riley,
Director
of Arts
and
Culture,
City of
Detroit;
Don
Tuski,
President,
College
for
Creative
Studies;
Dennis
Nawrocki,
Art
Historian
and
Author
of "Art
in
Detroit
Public
Spaces;"
Carina
Villinger,
Art
Advisor
and
Appraiser,
Artes
Advisory;
Grace
Serra,
Art
Curator/Coordinator,
Wayne
State
University;
Hubert
Massey,
Detroit-based
Artist;
Greg
DeSandy,
Director
of Sales
and
Event
Services,
Huntington
Place
Detroit.
Maureen
Devine
is
curator
for
Huntington
Place.
Detroit
joins
significant
convention
centers
throughout
the
country
featuring
public
art,
including
Chicago,
Nashville,
Pittsburgh,
and
Washington,
D.C.
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