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<\/a>\nANTONE KONST . . recently installed a new large sculpture, commissioned by LIGHTHOUSE WORKS, at the watery entry-way to Fishers Island, NY, a small private island enclave . . accessible only via ferry. <\/p>\n
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\nquite a beautiful piece, and not surprising, Antone’s imagination was set free, to sail above the horizons of mind, spirit, and actual land & sea.
\ncomposed of something like 1,500+ individual copper discs, the fluttery ‘heart’ must have been inspired by traditional ‘Copper Penny’ . . folk art ?
\nit’s designed to face & reflect at peak . . the intense glow of the sunset !!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nhere it is, installed \/ it looks small in the photo, because . . guess what ?
\nthe ocean is LARGE !!
\nbut look closely, the shiny coppery ‘mobile’ . . is bigger than a house !!
\n20, or even 30 ft. tall.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nwhoa !!
\nbut, look !!
\nthat shimmery, fluid copper ‘heart’ . . is actually the metallic back wings, of a cold concrete-looking \/ stained glass stone sculpture style . . . . totemic \/ BIRD !!
\nthe dove of the title . . revealed.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nit does have an eerie, deep \/ cold water \/ Norse sense to it.
\nlike a proud & ancient . . ocean-going boat’s . . Viking figurehead.
\nand, don’t you wish everybody’s ‘moral compass’ . . was set so solid. true, and straight ? <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe body is made from cast cement, which was hand-painted on site.
\nthere is a metal armature supporting the cement.
\napparently, Antone actually painted the cement on-site, so he could really narrow down on how the colors . . played with the surroundings. that was such a great, even epic narrative decision, because even from the photos, you can tell they have a real-time ‘reverb’ . . with the cold infinite ocean, and the small outpost island.
\nit’s not<\/em> cathedral-colored stained glass, it’s ship-faring ocean colors.
\nit’s a nice play off the shimmery copper, as well.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe sun-thrown shadows of the wing’s copper discs, throw their own kind of cathedral light – upon the strong, simple bird \/ a totem-shape, a brave steadfast, look-out bird . . from an old, old fable, from an ancient cold ocean sea-faring land. <\/p>\n<\/a>\\
\nANTONE KONST, surveys the finished install . . . ‘Love Dove’.<\/p>\n