This sculpture was dedicated in 2009, to honor immigrant Puerto Rican families' contributions to America. It was crafted by the Puerto Rican sculptor, José Buscaglia-Guillermety. The photographs are from last summer, but I wanted to connect them with yesterday's post about the Hartford school named for a Puerto Rican hero.
Hartford has a relatively big and growing Hispanic population. The current mayor is a Latino, as was his predecessor.
The detailed photo is great.
ReplyDeleteAnd it would probably even look good in black and white...
I see a lot of pain...
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful. And it captures the difficult and painful experiences of most immigrants to this country.
ReplyDeleteSo very sad looking....
ReplyDeleteNice sculpture, there's a lot to see in it.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
Cezar
Beautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteI cannot help but believe that there must be a connection between Puerto Ricans and Hartford, or at least there must have been a powerful person in charge who honors their contributions to our country.
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture has a great deal going on in it. I absolutely love the portrait of ascendency, even if pain was involved; thanks for showing the whole thing, too.
It's a very poignant sculpture, and beautifully shown here, I agree with Steffe this would have been a good opportunity to experiment with something you're not comfortable with, come on Jack show us what you can do with this in B&W, even if it's just a small shot!
ReplyDeleteBirdman has a small brown bag, hmmm how interesting, packed lunch and a bevvy do you think??
p.s. and yes, it is great fun being a blonde!
I'm glad you added this post today. Explains a lot to me.
ReplyDeleteI, too, see a lot of pain. Such a beautiful sculpture and so good to see that these people have been and are being recognized for their contributions. Our country is what it is -- in a good way -- because of the contributions of so many immigrants from all over the world. Thank you for sharing this, Jack! I do hope you have a great day!
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Imagine a community that welcomes immigrants. Beautifully crafted piece.
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It's very moving. Thanks for highlighting this community. I had no idea they were so prevalent in Connecticut. But I think diversity only makes us stronger.
ReplyDeleteImpressive, but I do not see any monument of this kind in our near future...
ReplyDeleteInteresting portrayal. I think I'd have to view it in person to get a better understanding of what the sculpture was attempting to convey.
ReplyDeleteYou have chosen some wonderful details on the top shot.
ReplyDeleteLove that you included the detail shot - wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully sculpted and very meaningful piece.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the community is proud to have such a sculpture to connect them to the area.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful sculpture Jack ...and interesting to see the close up details.
ReplyDeleteA moving sculpture.
ReplyDeleteThese people had a hard time and (literally, according to the relief) a hard climb. But so many came north. It makes me think of the lyrics from West Side Story:
ReplyDeleteImmigrant goes to America,
Many hellos in America;
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico's in America!
Wow, this is a moving piece! So much emotion!
ReplyDeletePuerto Rico is in USofA??? (Good reminder from Bob.) Some really good engineers I know are from Puerto Rico. They are smart and fun. I like your close up. Very effective. Wcry does the crying(?) woman represent? Looks like a man on the other side.
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