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    Alyson Shotz, Temporal Shift (installation view from the SANAA-designed River building at Grace Farms in New Canaan). Photo: ⓒ Sahar Coston-Hardy, 2021

    Temporal Shift

    2021

    14 x 8.8 x 1.5 feet

    polished stainless steel 

    Commissioned by Grace Farms Foundation as part of an interdisciplinary study of time. 

    This sculpture is a Design for Freedom Pilot Project. Learn more: designforfreedom.org 


    Museum purchase with funds provided by Steve and Betsy Kendall

    Born 1964, Glendale, AZ 

    Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY 

    “I would like my sculpture to be constantly changing, like the weather. When an object has an easily understandable structure or surface, one can know it too quickly… Light, time of day and angle of view all contribute to the change the sculptures can encompass.” -- Alyson Shotz 

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