Lexington: A Sense of Place, a temporary public art exhibit brought to you by the Lexington Council for the Arts, curated by Laurie Bogdan. It is displayed along the Minuteman Bikeway (between the Visitors Center and Hancock Street). Six sculptures, created by local artists and architects, will be on view until the late fall 2023. These imaginative, creative pieces take aspects of Lexington's architectural styles, past and present, as their source of inspiration.
Frames of Time
Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects, Inc.
MATERIALS: Salvaged windows with acrylic panes, painted lumber, stainless steel
Inspired by the varied fenestration of buildings in Lexington, this installation consists of reclaimed windows which depict moments and symbols of the town’s growth. From the earliest paths leading to Cambridge farms Lexington has seen horse and carriage, streetcars, trains, automobiles, and bicycles, each shaping the town at different moments in time. Through the lens of transportation these windows chronicle the growth of Lexington and celebrate the role it plays in connecting the past to the future. As a component of buildings, windows both connect us with our surroundings and are a key tool in maintaining the fabric of Lexington.
The windows are displayed via steel cables suspended within frames. Sunlight passes through the installation, highlighting the suspended windows and backlighting their translucent imagery. “Images are courtesy of the Lexington Historical Society and the Edwin B. Worthen Collection.”
Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects, Inc (BFE) founded in 1992, is an architectural firm Located in the heart of Lexington Center. BFE prides itself in successfully providing complete design services on a wide range of project types. www.bfearc.com
MATERIALS: Salvaged windows with acrylic panes, painted lumber, stainless steel
Inspired by the varied fenestration of buildings in Lexington, this installation consists of reclaimed windows which depict moments and symbols of the town’s growth. From the earliest paths leading to Cambridge farms Lexington has seen horse and carriage, streetcars, trains, automobiles, and bicycles, each shaping the town at different moments in time. Through the lens of transportation these windows chronicle the growth of Lexington and celebrate the role it plays in connecting the past to the future. As a component of buildings, windows both connect us with our surroundings and are a key tool in maintaining the fabric of Lexington.
The windows are displayed via steel cables suspended within frames. Sunlight passes through the installation, highlighting the suspended windows and backlighting their translucent imagery. “Images are courtesy of the Lexington Historical Society and the Edwin B. Worthen Collection.”
Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects, Inc (BFE) founded in 1992, is an architectural firm Located in the heart of Lexington Center. BFE prides itself in successfully providing complete design services on a wide range of project types. www.bfearc.com
Bird House. Take a Book. Leave a Book.
Feinmann Inc.
MATERIALS: 3D Printed
Ranging in form and style, Lexington’s architecture is diverse but undoubtedly bound to its colonial roots. As architects and builders, we play with form & detail, bringing beauty to our streets and landscape. Hung from a tree like a jewel box home for the birds, this little folly opens the heart and mind as an avenue to exchange books. In quiet moments, it provides a resting place and drink of water to the passing sparrow.
Feinmann Inc., Celebrating 35 years. Let’s design a home that you love, for the way you live. www.feinmann.com
MATERIALS: 3D Printed
Ranging in form and style, Lexington’s architecture is diverse but undoubtedly bound to its colonial roots. As architects and builders, we play with form & detail, bringing beauty to our streets and landscape. Hung from a tree like a jewel box home for the birds, this little folly opens the heart and mind as an avenue to exchange books. In quiet moments, it provides a resting place and drink of water to the passing sparrow.
Feinmann Inc., Celebrating 35 years. Let’s design a home that you love, for the way you live. www.feinmann.com
Home Sweet Homes
Silvina Mizrahi
MATERIALS: Concrete and tiles
The installation invites the viewers on a journey through the different architectural styles in Lexington through history, 1710 to present.
Silvina Mizrahi is an Argentinian American interdisciplinary artist and art educator based in Boston. Her works encompass figurative bronze sculptures, abstract expressionist mixed media paintings, recycled materials sculptures, and public art.
Silvina exhibits her works in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. www.silvinamizrahi.com
Instagram: @silvinamizrahi
MATERIALS: Concrete and tiles
The installation invites the viewers on a journey through the different architectural styles in Lexington through history, 1710 to present.
Silvina Mizrahi is an Argentinian American interdisciplinary artist and art educator based in Boston. Her works encompass figurative bronze sculptures, abstract expressionist mixed media paintings, recycled materials sculptures, and public art.
Silvina exhibits her works in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. www.silvinamizrahi.com
Instagram: @silvinamizrahi
Mélange
Paul Angiolillo
MATERIALS: Repurposed wooden objects, fieldstone, limestone, marble, copper, acrylic, paint, stain
For this piece, I combined a variety of recycled materials and objects to evoke different styles and designs of local structures, as a way of capturing Lexington’s diverse architectural traditions and periods, as well as to celebrate traditional New England materials such as wood and stone. While styles vary from era to era—colonial, Federalist, 19th-century Victorian, 20th-Century Modern, Asian--the materials often remain the same, as do the purposes: shelter, beauty, inspiration.
I create three-dimensional works of art, using a range of resources, including wood, stone, metal, other natural materials, and found objects. www.paulangiolill.com
MATERIALS: Repurposed wooden objects, fieldstone, limestone, marble, copper, acrylic, paint, stain
For this piece, I combined a variety of recycled materials and objects to evoke different styles and designs of local structures, as a way of capturing Lexington’s diverse architectural traditions and periods, as well as to celebrate traditional New England materials such as wood and stone. While styles vary from era to era—colonial, Federalist, 19th-century Victorian, 20th-Century Modern, Asian--the materials often remain the same, as do the purposes: shelter, beauty, inspiration.
I create three-dimensional works of art, using a range of resources, including wood, stone, metal, other natural materials, and found objects. www.paulangiolill.com
Lex-icon 2023
David Ardito
MATERIALS: Wood, cement, rusted metals, copper, house paint
“Lex-icon” makes references to the temple architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome. Classical architectural elements appear in numerous structures throughout modern day Lexington including churches, residential architecture, and municipal buildings. These references are often used by architects and artists to pay homage to
past cultures that gave birth to democracy and that also developed idealized art and architectural forms. They take on even more meaning and relevance in a town that was so central to the American Revolution and the birth of democracy.
David Ardito is a visual artist living in Arlington, Massachusetts. He is the former K-12 Director of Visual Art for both Winchester Public Schools and for Arlington Public Schools. His career included many years of teaching in Winchester Public Schools and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. www.daveardito.com
MATERIALS: Wood, cement, rusted metals, copper, house paint
“Lex-icon” makes references to the temple architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome. Classical architectural elements appear in numerous structures throughout modern day Lexington including churches, residential architecture, and municipal buildings. These references are often used by architects and artists to pay homage to
past cultures that gave birth to democracy and that also developed idealized art and architectural forms. They take on even more meaning and relevance in a town that was so central to the American Revolution and the birth of democracy.
David Ardito is a visual artist living in Arlington, Massachusetts. He is the former K-12 Director of Visual Art for both Winchester Public Schools and for Arlington Public Schools. His career included many years of teaching in Winchester Public Schools and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. www.daveardito.com
Latchkey Federalist
Liz Helfer
MATERIALS: Brick, mortar, brass
Based on the late Federalist-era Brick Store at 703 Massachusetts Ave, where many keys were turned. According to the Historic Lexington tour the Brick House, "Built in 1828 […] one of the first brick structures in Lexington. As general store, post office, lecture hall and branch library, it provided East Lexington with an important gathering place."
A latchkey is a front door key, evoking the phrase "latchkey kid" which describes a child without adult supervision, insinuating that kids don’t have the same historical autonomy. From a "Federalist" perspective, the inanity of the sculpture is a jab at unsupervised politicization.
Liz Helfer Studios is located in Waltham, MA, where Liz creates sculptures by commission and for exhibition. Liz has focused on metal for over a decade because of its historical complexity and perceived value. However, in recent years she has moved into a site-specific mixed media practice that addresses our impending
environmental peril, using recycled materials that evoke the symbolism of their subject matter.
Liz is currently the Public Arts & Culture Planner for Watertown, MA www.elizabethhelfer.com
MATERIALS: Brick, mortar, brass
Based on the late Federalist-era Brick Store at 703 Massachusetts Ave, where many keys were turned. According to the Historic Lexington tour the Brick House, "Built in 1828 […] one of the first brick structures in Lexington. As general store, post office, lecture hall and branch library, it provided East Lexington with an important gathering place."
A latchkey is a front door key, evoking the phrase "latchkey kid" which describes a child without adult supervision, insinuating that kids don’t have the same historical autonomy. From a "Federalist" perspective, the inanity of the sculpture is a jab at unsupervised politicization.
Liz Helfer Studios is located in Waltham, MA, where Liz creates sculptures by commission and for exhibition. Liz has focused on metal for over a decade because of its historical complexity and perceived value. However, in recent years she has moved into a site-specific mixed media practice that addresses our impending
environmental peril, using recycled materials that evoke the symbolism of their subject matter.
Liz is currently the Public Arts & Culture Planner for Watertown, MA www.elizabethhelfer.com