Artist: Chakaia Booker Title: Echoing Factors Audio: Date: 2004 Dimensions: 66″ x 96″ x 24″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Rubber tires, wood Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Chakaia Booker Description: In Echoing Factors, Booker’s use of pattern, texture, and subtle variations in color creates an expressive, abstract sculptural relief. A raw explosion of energy emanates from her clever orchestration of bent, looped, and layered tires creating poetic rhythms of swirling forms. Booker describes her approach to her work as being: “Like a painter having a palette, my palette is the textures of the treads, the fibers from discarded materials, and tires that I use to create varied effects.” Related Websites – Chakaia Booker’s Website – An Afternoon in the Park With Shahzia Sikander’s Golden Monuments –Move Over Moses and Zoroaster: Manhattan Has a New Female Lawgiver – Chakaia Booker at The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Chakaia Booker at National Museum of Women in the Arts – The New York Times article Suggested Reading– Booker, Chakaia. Jersey Ride, 2004. Call Number: NB237 .B593 A4x 2004
Sculpture
Artist: Lissy Dennett (American) Title: Wind Song Audio: Date: 1993 Dimensions: Location in Library: First floor Media: Marble Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Lissy Dennett. © Lissy Dennett Description: Dennett, an alumna of Brooklyn College, is a recognized sculptor whose works evoke forms from nature. Dennett’s elegant forms are infused with a force that brings strength, power and movement to her sculptures. This work is emblematic of her ability to create beautiful organic shapes, contours with a unique graceful character.
Artist: Anthony G. Gennarelli (American, 1915-2001) Title: The Musical Mermaid Audio: Date: 1988 Dimensions: 21″ x 15″ x 7″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Siena marble Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the family of Anthony G. Gennarelli in honor of Barbara L. Gerber. © Artist’s Estate Description: This is one of the sculptor’s most imaginative pieces, beautifully combining his love of both music and art. It also showcases Gennarelli’s mastery of subtle abstraction and his flair for the dramatic. This sensual, fluid masterpiece conveys the undulating rhythm and allure of a mermaid.
Artist: Anthony G. Gennarelli (American, 1915-2001) Title: The Sybil Audio: Date: 1992 Dimensions: 17″ x 13″ x 9″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Celestine marble Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the family of Anthony G. Gennarelli. © Artist’s Estate Description: The artist inventively captures the uniqueness of the marble with a keen sense of its natural and sensuous beauty. Gennarelli’s hand-carved sculptures range from subtle abstractions to powerful portraits. This sculpture is based upon Michelangelo’s rendering of the Delphic prophetess Sybil.
Artist: Marc Mellon (American, b. 1951) Title: Don Quixote Audio: Date: 2004 Dimensions: 24″ x 14″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Marc Mellon. © Marc Mellon Description: Mellon is well known for his expressive portrait busts and commemorative statues of prominent figures, such as former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Theodore Roosevelt, Pope John Paul II, Winston Churchill, and President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan. He is also recognized for capturing motion and balance in his sculptures of legendary figures from the worlds of dance and sports. The artist says, “My sculptures are meant to move and uplift the spirit.”
Artist: Dr. Seymour Meyer Title: The Torch Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 27 1/2″ x 8″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Dr. Seymour Meyer. © Dr. Seymour Meyer Description: Dr. Meyer is a renowned hand surgeon and internationally recognized sculptor who graduated from Brooklyn College in 1933. Working mainly in bronze, he creates abstract sculptures that are wonderfully imaginative. The sculpted contours in this work evoke a torch’s flickering flame.
