Randy Hage dialogues with "VanishingNewYork" about the concepts found within his sculptures: Your work feels like a memorial to the vanishing city. Do you see it that way? "Our feelings of stability and our mental foundations are dramatically affected when change removes or destroys familiar elements in our lives. Death, divorce, or disaster all shake our certainty of what the future might bring. I believe that the loss of a familiar or loved neighborhood icon can affect us in similar ways. Most certainly it affects those who are displaced by greed-driven gentrification that often follows urban renewal. In many ways, a storefront business can become an integral part of our definition of home and life. We love these places and feel a deep sense of loss when they are gone. I know I was very broken up when I found out that Joe. Jr’s in the Village had been forced to close. It was like losing an old friend."- Rady Hage Read more: vanishingnewyork.blogspot/2010/07/model-new-york.html
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 01:31:08 +0000
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