HOWARD SCHWARTZBERG

1999 ​"Surface" Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York​

“Surface” A Trilogy of Three Environmental Earthworks

When entering any of the three earthworks, your eye should become level with the surface of the earth during the experience.
The finished works should be made from the earth on site.

 “Surface” (singular engagement of space and direction). Realized in 2000 at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City NY

 “Opposing Surfaces”(dual engagement of space and direction) Opposing energies, Two containers of earth

 “Compass Rose Surfaces” (multiple engagements of space and direction), Four containers of earth facing the center. North, South, East and West