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  • Christopher Frost

    "A Mile From Any Neighbor From Walden"

    "A Mile From Any Neighbor From Walden"

    1999
    12 x 9.5 x 6.5 inches
    bronze
    Lent by the Artist

    Born 1966, Boston, MA
    Lives and works in Somerville, MA

    Christopher Frost is primarily interested in issues of time, memory, and community. His works often employ familiar objects strongly evocative of history and place. The title of this piece echoes the opening sentence of transcendentalist author Henry David Thoreau's 1854 Walden, the classic paean to individualism and self-reliance. More Info...