Sanford Biggers
#Oracle
NEW YORK CITY, USA
Standing 25 feet tall and weighing more than 15,000 pounds, the monumental bronze sculpture Oracle serves as the cornerstone of Sanford Biggers’s public art exhibition at Rockefeller Center. Accompanying the artist’s Chimera sculpture series as well as other unique installations that are accessible all throughout the complex, Biggers combines African and European styles of art to reference worldwide globalization and diaspora. While still acknowledging the past, Oracle lives in the present to remind millions of the great influence African culture continues to have on New York City.
From a collaborative design development phase, through production and into the final installation, our New York team was thrilled to closely work with Sanford and his studio. This monumental sculpture was cast in bronze using a sand-casting technique. The varied and complex elements of the artwork were assembled, finished, and patinated, all in close coordination with the artist.
Presented by Art Production Fund and Rockefeller Center, and in partnership with Marianne Boesky Gallery, Oracle will be on display in Rockefeller Center until July 12, 2021.
Image Credit: Chris Roque
#Services provided
Consultancy
Cost Estimating & Budgeting
Materiality & Construction Advice
Shipping & Installation Guidance
Digital Modelling and Renders
Manufacturing
Design Development Support
Project Lifecycle Management
Lost Wax Casting & Sand Casting
Finishing & Patina
Welding & Fabrication
Preservation
Installation
#Project summary
Creative
Sanford Biggers
Artwork Title
Oracle
Project
Chimera
Client
Sanford Biggers, Art Production Fund & Rockefeller Center
Year
2021
Location
New York City, USA
Build
UAP