Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander new exhibition 'Havah...to breathe, air, life' features two golden statues — one in Madison Square Park and the other atop an adjacent courthouse — an augmented-reality experience and animated video.
Hugging the shell of the skirt, and visually moving viewers’ eyes around the figure, is the word havah in oversize Arabic script, its mosaic surface adding flashes of color to the golden artwork. Brooke Kamin Rapaport, deputy director and chief curator of Madison Square Park Conservancy, said the word means "atmosphere" in Urdu, and "eve" in Hebrew, Arabic and other languages.
"Witness" is one part of a constellation of works included in Sikander's exhibition. An augmented-reality experience lets you use your smartphone to adorn the sculpture with cascading lotus petals. And every afternoon starting at 4:30 p.m.
Shahzia Sikander applies patina to "NOW," the first female figure displayed atop the Appellate Division Courthouse rooftop.Also included in "Havah...to breathe, air, life" is a second, similar sculpture installed on the rooftop of the adjacent, first department of the Supreme Court of the state of New York. Like its counterpart in the park, this figure is also glowing and golden. But instead of floating in a skirt, it emerges from a pink lotus flower.
"NOW" is particularly special to Justice Dianne T. Renwick, who not only works in the marble-faced Beaux-Arts courthouse, but also led the effort to commission the statue.
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