{"id":9432,"date":"2021-08-31T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:22:16","slug":"melvin-edwards-at-city-hall-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/31\/melvin-edwards-at-city-hall-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Edwards at City Hall Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known for semi-abstract and often small-scale sculpture including the \u2018Lynch Fragments\u2019 series recently on view at the New Museum, Melvin Edwards takes over the south entrance to City Hall Park via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicartfund.org\/exhibitions\/view\/brighterdays\/\">Public Art Fund<\/a> with this large-scale sculpture depicting broken chains.\u00a0 Titled \u2018Brighter Days\u2019 the exhibition\u2019s curving minimal forms enhances the attractiveness of the message displayed \u2013 freedom from bondage. \u00a0(On view through Nov 28<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9433\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9433\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9433\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9433\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/melvin_edwards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/melvin_edwards.jpg 3297w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/melvin_edwards-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/melvin_edwards-500x374.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melvin Edwards, \u2018Song of the Broken Chains\u2019 in installation view of \u2018Brighter Days\u2019 at City Hall Park, summer 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known for semi-abstract and often small-scale sculpture including the \u2018Lynch Fragments\u2019 series recently on view at the New Museum, Melvin Edwards takes over the south entrance to City Hall Park via Public Art Fund with this large-scale sculpture depicting broken chains.\u00a0 Titled \u2018Brighter Days\u2019 the exhibition\u2019s curving minimal forms enhances the attractiveness of the message &hellip; 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