After presenting information about Peter Coffin's Untitled Sculptures to the class, I had some additional thoughts on the exhibition. Coffin's choice of a construction method of build was significant. In the construction method the sculptor, "is usually concerned more with the definition of space than with the mass, affording experiences quite new in the field," (Taylor 129). In Untitled Sculptures, the definition of space is emphasized. Since the silhouettes are only one inch thick, they lack the volume people associate sculpture with. If you look at them from the side, their shapes are indiscernible. The space surrounding them is then magnified in comparison. The silhouettes are scattered throughout the trees and greenery in City Hall Park. Immediately bordering the park, however, is lower Manhattan. The bridge is east of the park and Tribeca lays west. To the North is City Hall and to the South is the financial district and Ground Zero. The juxtaposition of the urban and natural setting in close proximity expresses the intentions of the artist. Peter Coffin was interested in understanding how perception and memory worked. He wanted to discover what made artistic icons significant enough to remember. Coffin therefore took thirteen iconic sculptures through out history and reconstructed them. Using sculptures such as Michelangelo's David, Coffin built the sculptures differently to see how history could be rewritten. Without their traditional volume and place of setting, would they still be iconic? His idea of rewriting history is significant to the urban and natural setting of City Hall Park. The natural setting of the park and trees illustrates the traditional understanding of the work and the urban setting expresses the work in its new understanding. Since the urban setting represents innovation and progression, this setting explores Coffin's rewriting of history. In considering this, it would seem interesting why Coffin chose City Hall Park. Why not Central Park or Madison Square Park? City Hall Park is intimate. Unlike Central Park and its vastness, City Hall Park provides a space suitable for viewing the work. It is not small enough to be overbearing, but not large enough to miss the sculptures. The neighborhood also has a rich history. It is arguable that many parks in New York do as well, but City Hall Park has enormous significance. Since it is close to Ground Zero, the idea of history being rewritten or built differently is relevant. The twin towers were important icons in the financial world. At the time of the tower's construction, their steel frame's and height represented architectural and artistic innovation similar to any sculpture. How they will be rebuilt and how we will remember them correlates to Coffin's exhibition. Will our perception and memory be altered? Or will they hold the same significance? The more I have thought about this exhibition, the more it has grown on me. I love art with a meaning or intention! Call me boring, but it helps me emotionally connect to the work.