The+Courtyard+Bronzes

Name: Emerging forms 1 and 2 Common Name: "Aliens", or "Courtyard Bronzes" Artist: Paul Zakoian Location: Courtyard Type of Art: Sculpture Medium: Bronze Cast Basic Interpretation- artist's intent: NA What does the art meant to you: The first piece of art looks like something ominous and powerful from the outside, but when you look inside of the hood the alien faces look scared. I think this sculpture is a metaphor for that fact that you should not look at something and judge it on what you see right away because what you see might change. In the summer of 2007, when the school was under construction putting up the fourth floors of the school, the workman accidentally broke the neck of the sculpture. They had to weld it back together and that's why the neck looks disfigured today. Whereas the second piece has six balls that are stacked up together with a bowl in the middle. The bowl could represent our lives, so small and insignificant compared to the universe. Then the bronze balls could represent the circles in our life, such as our daily routines. Emotions and stress fill our lives and they can over flow, becoming too much for us to handle. These sculptures, in general, are very unique in there own way. They can be interpreted in many different ways as well, as shown by some students in Mrs. Davidson's and Ms. Abbott's 2nd grade classes. One kid called it X378 and said it was from the planet jupiter. And other children would talk and play with it. All in all, I think that these sculptures have very deep meanings behind them. Sources: Mr. Gleason May have been purchased directly by the school. Unverified. Biography on Paul Zakoian: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-04-20/news/9904200122_1_chicago-home-bronze-foundry-degree-in-art-education