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SHAPES
Windseeds by Norman Mooney orman Mooney is pleased to
unveil his new installation,
Brooklyn Botanic Garden NWindseeds, at Brooklyn Botanic
Garden from 16 November 2022 to 8
January 2023.
New York, United States
Introduction
The three Windseed sculptures,
commissioned for the Brooklyn Botanic
gardens and standing 12ft, 10ft, and 8ft
tall respectively, all emanate from the
same geometric structures. Windseeds
each work with 80 angular spikes jutting
out from a convex polyhedron, further
defining Mooney’s signature starburst
within the context of the natural urban
environment of BBG.
Concept
Windseeds substantialise shapes and
surfaces the artist gleans from nature
and science. Derived from 'Smoke,' one
of Mooney’s early sketches, Windseeds
give volume and mass to a line-and-dot
composition which reflects Mooney’s
studies of natural elements. The spikes
attached to a core structure transform
clustering patterns on paper into a three-
dimensional entity, blurring the lines
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