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Renaissance Women is an abstract figurative sculpture that honors women of The Harlem Renaissance who paved the way for many artists today, including Mizrachi. According to the artist, the contour line drawing style translates fluidly in this three-dimensional form and symbolizes the frequent use of musical improvisation during the Harlem Renaissance. “The flow of line is synonymous to the flow of jazz music. The hand forged steel sculpture is intimate and low profile to allow visitors to engage at eye level and connect in a visceral manner,” said Mizrachi.
The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance (MGPA), a Harlem not-for-profit park advocacy organization, and artist Alice Mizrachi are pleased to announce the installation of Renaissance Women in Marcus Garvey Park near the West 124th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance to the park. The artwork is exhibited as part of NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and will be on view until August 31, 2022. An opening reception will be held Saturday, October 16 at 2:30 pm following a neighborhood wide daffodil bulb planting in the park as part of It’s My Park Day. The reception will include a hands on workshop conducted by Mizrachi. Alice Mizrachi Will Present a Collage Workshop at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, NY after the opening of Renaissance Women on October 16, 2021 at 3 pm as part of theCity Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) andthe New York CityDepartment of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support fromthe Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well asQueens Theatre.
The public is welcomed.
Renaissance Women is an abstract figurative sculpture that honors women of The Harlem Renaissance who paved the way for many artists today, including Mizrachi. According to the artist, the contour line drawing style translates fluidly in this three-dimensional form and symbolizes the frequent use of musical improvisation during the Harlem Renaissance. “The flow of line is synonymous to the flow of jazz music. The hand forged steel sculpture is intimate and low profile to allow visitors to engage at eye level and connect in a visceral manner,” said Mizrachi.
She was introduced to artists of the Harlem Renaissance 25 years ago by her mentor Russell L. Goings, a collector of art and a close friend of Romare Bearden. The sculpture was designed and produced as a decidedly feminine form representing vocalists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Lena Horne, visual artists, Elizabeth Catlett, and Augusta Savage, writers Dorothy West and Zora Neale Hurston, and jazz and blues musicians/composers Mary Lou Williams, and Alberta Hunter.
Valerie Jo Bradley, Co-Founder and President of the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance said, “Public art in the park fits in with the Alliance’s goal to attract new and existing park users to our gem of a park and engage them. Renaissance Women celebrates Harlem women and the role they have played throughout Harlem’s history to keep it vibrant and to reinforce its sense of place.”
Connie Lee, Chair of the Public Art Committee, Marcus Garvey Park Alliance added, “This newest installation in Marcus Garvey Park is the artists first public sculpture and we are excited to help her bring it to life. The figurative sculpture engages people where they are and I have observed visitors gathering on blankets, practicing yoga and simply enjoying being in her presence”
Mizrachi is a mixed media artist of Middle Eastern descent whose practice includes work as a muralist, fine artist, educator, and curator. As an educator, she has worked in Harlem and the Bronx for 23 years where she shared the experience of the art created during the Harlem Renaissance with her students. Her artwork has been featured at the Museum of the City of NY, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Albright-Knox Museum; and, in a variety of publications including 2Create, Outdoor Gallery: NYC, NY Times, Huffington Post, and Architectural Digest.
Renaissance Women is made possible in part with funding from: Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ), Roger Baumann, Geoffrey Chorbajian, Ian Wilson and Alice Mizrachi’s community through generous donations via crowdsourcing.
For more information about the artist, visit alicemizrachi.com and @am_nyc on Instagram. To learn more about the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance visit www.marcusgarveyparkalliance.org or follow us @MarcusGarveyParkAlliance on Facebook, Instagram and @MarcusGarveyPa on Twitter.
