World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture

"Austin J. Tobin Plaza Sculpture" redirects here. For other sculptures on the Plaza, see Austin J. Tobin Plaza § Sculptures.
World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture
The sculpture in 1976 with The Sphere visible on the right. Ideogram is on the left.
ArtistMasayuki Nagare
Year1972–2001
Dimensions4.3 m × 10 m × 5.2 m (14 ft × 34 ft × 17 ft)
ConditionDestroyed
World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture (Cloud Fortress) by Masayuki Nagare, photographed in 1982.

The World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture, also called Cloud Fortress, was a sculpture created by Japanese artist Masayuki Nagare in 1975. It was located at the World Trade Center complex at the Church Street entrance to the Austin J. Tobin Plaza.[1]

Having survived the September 11 attacks, the sculpture was demolished during subsequent emergency efforts to access and clear the site.[2][3]

Design

Measuring 14 feet (4.3 m) tall, 34 feet (10 m) wide, and 17 feet (5.2 m) deep,[1] Cloud Fortress was completed in 1975 and depicted an abstraction of two pyramids attached at their bases and tilted upward. Although appearing solid, the work consisted of a veneer of black Swedish granite over a steel and concrete armature.

Nagare incorporated a technique he called 'ware hada', literally cracked skin or broken texture, to feature contrasting polished and rough faces.[2]

History

The sculpture amidst the ruins of Ground Zero. Image taken before the sculpture's demolition.

The Port Authority allocated up to 1% of the World Trade Center construction cost to the purchase of art for the complex, and established an advisory group to recommend and commission artwork.[1]

Completed in 1975, Cloud Fortress occupied a minor plaza between buildings 4 and 5 that gave access from Church Street to the large Austin J. Tobin Plaza central to the complex of World Trade Center buildings.

The sculpture survived the immediate attacks and collapse of the adjacent buildings, but was demolished several days later by emergency efforts to access and clear the site[2] and provide a stable area for heavy machinery to further access Austin J. Tobin Plaza. Following the sculpture's demolition, its remains were removed from Ground Zero along with the rest of the rubble.[3]

In 2004, Nagare created a one-half replica and named it "Cloud Fortress Jr."("雲の砦Jr."). It is on display at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Wenegrat, Saul (28 February 2002). "September 11th: ART LOSS, DAMAGE, AND REPERCUSSIONS Proceedings of an IFAR Symposium on February 28, 2002". ifar.org. International Foundation For Art Research. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Corkill, Edan (13 September 2007). "Memories of fortresses and clouds". Japan Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Senle, Harriet F. (2016). Memorials to Shattered Myths: Vietnam to 9/11. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-19-024839-0.
  4. ^ 雲の砦Jr., Database of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

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