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Shows: Nun's Field
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 photo: Walter Crump |
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Excerpts from Boston Globe Review Group's temporary works in Mission Hill use beauty as a form of protest By Christine Temin, Globe Staff, 10/8/2003 The stained glass window glitters in the sun, its golden Gothic arch aiming heavenward. The window isn't in a church, nor is its glass from an art supplier: It's standing in the middle of Nuns' Field, on Boston's Mission Hill. Its maker, artist Lisa Graf, gathered the shards of glass on the site, giving broken beer bottles and such a new and more dignified life. Graf's window is part of "Reclaiming Nuns' Field," the latest of the guerrilla projects by Reclamation Artists, a Boston-based group dedicated to making people notice neglected corners of the city through temporary outdoor works. This one is on view this weekend... ...It's hard to think of many idealistic temporary public art projects that have altered the course of business and politics. But it's also hard to believe anyone visiting Nuns' Field this weekend will come away emotionally and intellectually untouched. © Copyright 2003 Globe
Newspaper Company.
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Materials: wood, gold automotive paint, glass, glass paint, silicone, gold pipe-cleaners, copper, and steel. The glass
in this piece came directly from Nun’s field. Teenagers over
the years drank in the ledge area of this site. The broken
glass reflects that history. Since the Catholic Church owned
this land until recently a stained glass window seemed an
appropriate reflection of that history. With this piece I
wanted to transform something of no value (broken glass) into
something of beauty. |
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 For Hope size 18" by 13.5" photo by John Storrow |
 For Hope detail size 18" by 13.5" photo by John Storrow |
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The glass in this piece also came from Nun's
field. This work was created to symbolize the hope that Nun's
Field will remain a green space for the Mission Hill
community.
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