Vasanzio 'Troy' by Steven Buduo

Location: Empire St. x Sabin St.

Vasanzio ‘Troy’ consists of five steel beams caught in a momentary state of equilibrium. Their various sizes and tapered edges play with the viewer’s sense of perspective and the artwork’s overall sense of balance and composition. By “drawing” the form of the sculpture in tandem with its surrounding space, artist Steven Buduo explores a variety of hidden synchronicities and meanings—equilibrium versus instability, stasis versus movement, order versus chaos.

In this series, Vasanzio, Buduo uses a language of art-making informed equally by the surrounding architecture, the human condition, and the unyielding laws of the natural sciences. Buduo sees art as a way to bring to the forefront the limits of our perspectives, and his hope is that viewers find themselves intellectually challenged and hooked into a moment of contemplation and reflection.

Material: Steel

Artist Instagram: @stevebuduo

About the artist:

Steven Buduo is a contemporary sculptor living in Providence, RI. Upon graduating from Bowdoin College in 2015, he completed an artist residency in Rota, Spain, drawing a series of the hands of local workers and artisans. It was there that he began experimenting with sculpture, making small wooden models that he later fabricated in steel. Once back in New York City, he fully learned the metalworking trade and has since exhibited public sculptures across the U.S, including Rosemary Beach, FL; Abiquiu, NM; Wayne, NE; Worcester, MA; Troy, OH; Hyattsville, MD and Jamestown, RI. Buduo recently completed residencies at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland in 2021 and the Steel Yard in Providence, RI, in 2022. He currently has temporary public installations in Providence, Howard County, MD, Hyattsville, MD and Knoxville, TN.

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