WYNWOOD 2300 BUILDING
Miami-based visual artist Troy Simmons curated by Goldman Global Arts CEO Jessica Goldman Srebnick. The new development offers a façade with a compelling installation by Simmons showing off a mix of vibrant colors blended with the grit of concrete.
As a resident of Wynwood, Simmons set out to engage residents and visitors by capturing the areas’ diverse cultures and vibrancy while preserving the historic physicality of the remaining buildings and structures.
After three years of conceptualizing this piece, the building's North and West facing walls were demolished and replaced with 21 formed concrete columns. Each of the columns was poured around styrofoam inlays that created a 2-inch void in the structural concrete. Twenty-one aluminum sculptures were then fabricated to fill this space. Each multicolored sculptural inlay is unique and ranges in size from 11’ 6” to 4’ tall. The raw brutalist concrete façade juxtaposed by linear shapes, sharp angles, and vibrant colors hold true to Simmons’ ongoing series of work entitled “Perception."
As a resident of Wynwood, Simmons set out to engage residents and visitors by capturing the areas’ diverse cultures and vibrancy while preserving the historic physicality of the remaining buildings and structures.
After three years of conceptualizing this piece, the building's North and West facing walls were demolished and replaced with 21 formed concrete columns. Each of the columns was poured around styrofoam inlays that created a 2-inch void in the structural concrete. Twenty-one aluminum sculptures were then fabricated to fill this space. Each multicolored sculptural inlay is unique and ranges in size from 11’ 6” to 4’ tall. The raw brutalist concrete façade juxtaposed by linear shapes, sharp angles, and vibrant colors hold true to Simmons’ ongoing series of work entitled “Perception."
