Hidden in a forest. High in Anghiari’s hills. A lone artist’s studio.
One Spring day, a counselor to the UN President of the General Assembly walked inside. He was stunned by the sculptures and the portraits.
A theme was chosen – the Transformative Power of Art. Inspiring figures: artists, exiles, former prisoners, activists.
All who used their art to raise consciousness.
Flash forward. On the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly.
These figures confronted each delegate entering the Assembly Hall.
From the East River, the portraits crossed Manhattan, invited by NYU Casa Italiana.
To touch and inspire. To provoke reflection.
To remind us of the power to change.
To rise above violence and indifference.
To act, to be counted, and above all, to play our role.
— Terence Ward
From the studio to the institutional field: a trajectory where image becomes presence, and presence becomes structure.
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