Arlene Slavin's Public Sculptures use elements of the natural world combined with cultural symbols and patterns. She seeks a line that both abstracts and animates nature.
Working in a wide range of sculptural material, including metals, etched glass, concrete and terrazzo, her forms weave an interplay of silhouettes and shadows.
Her current work consists of sculpture, ornamental fences, gates, railings, floor inlays, room dividers, etched glass windscreens and folding screens. The "emblematic imagery" is both personal and yet accessible to the public at large.
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| Hoboken Terminal, NJ Transit |
| Located on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line, there are eight large scale deeply carved glass block murals depicting scenes from Hoboken's past. |
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| Public & Intermediate School 89, NYC |
| 5 blocks away from Ground Zero, the school PTA elected to add art of renewal to the children's playground. Imaginary foliage designs are laser cut in steel and applied to two sets of gates and the fencing. Eighteen whimsical finials are attached to the fence posts. The NY Mercantile Exchange supported the project with a grant. |
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| North Carolina Zoological Park |
| The four large scale sculptures for the Junction Plaza. These sculptures consist of two sets of paired entry markers. Leading the Zoo visitors into the North American Habitat and the Africa Habitat, the sculptures depict in both positive and negative silhouettes, the animals and plant life of each exhibit. |
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| Liberty Park Station, NJ Transit |
Six art elements with a railroad history theme. This is the largest station on the Hudson Bergin Light Rail line.
The carved glass windscreen combines train logos and railroad machinery.
The paving inserts reference the roundhouse.
The bench design is a riff on train trestle bridges. |
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| Assunpink Wildlife |
| Commissioned by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish & Wildlife, NJ Department of the Treasury, and the NJ State Council on the Arts |
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| Seating |
| Benches in steel for cities, towns and parks. |
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| Gates |
| Site specific designed gates, fences, stair rails, window grilles for parks, gardens, pools, schools, hospitals train stations, and the home. |
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| Donor Wall Sculptures |
| Small plaques will be attached to the sculpture to commemorate the different levels of giving. |
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| Steel Drawings |
| In the Steel Drawing series Slavin creates her fluid line in metal. Her earlier animal in motion series acknowledges a debt to Muybridge, but with a sense of quirky whimsy the scientific photographs never desired. |
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| Folding Screens |
| Slavin has been making folding screens since the late 1980's. Her early works were fantastical nature scenes cut out and painted on wood with larger than life size dancing cranes, flying fish and magical forests. |
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