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What follows on this page is a small selection of my public sculpture
commissions, some
examples of my domestic size bronzes, and this short biography.
Roy Shifrin was born in New York City. He attended the City College of New York
and graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art in Manhattan. He served
in the military as an artist in Army Special Forces. In 1964 he left the United
States for a six month visit to Europe which turned into a thirteen year stay.
He has made his career in both the U.S. and in Europe.
In 1967 he had his
first individual show in Manhattan and the following year his first such show
in London. He has had four additional individual shows in Manhattan,
including a major retrospective in 1984, six in London, seven in Barcelona,
and others in Europe and the United States.
His work form part of many
museum and private collections. He is also a portrait sculptor and graphic
artist.
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A 13 foot by 14 foot high-polished bronze male torso set on an 18 foot pedestal. Commissioned
by the State of New York, it stands at the entrance to Borough of Manhattan Community College
in lower Manhattan.
The sculpture has been adopted as the symbol for the college and small
scale reproductions have been cast and awarded for excellence.
(above: sculpture and artist
at
the foundry - below: on site)
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An 8 by 13 by 6 foot high-polished bronze torso of "David" on an 18 foot
pedestal at the base of which rest a 5 by 5 by 8 foot polished bronze
shattered helmet of the defeated "Goliath". Sponsored by some of the most
important names in American arts and letters for placement in Barcelona, it
was the first monument in Spain to honor the international volunteers who
fought for the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War (1937-39).
The artist was commissioned by the City of Barcelona to design the
sculptured 100 foot by 100 foot three pointed star (symbol of the
volunteers) plaza in which the sculpture is set. Its dedication on the fifthieth
anniversary of the volunteer's departure from Spain was an international
event.
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Sponsors (Partial List)
Woody Allen
Edward Asner
Harry Belafonte
John
Canaday
Kenneth Clark
Barry Commoner
Norman Corwin
George Crockett
Thomas I.
Emerson
Allen Ginsberg
Nat Hentoff
Joseph P. Lash
Jack Levine
Norman
Mailer
Bernard Malamud
Jessica Mitford
Joseph Papp
Gregory Peck
Pete
Seeger
George Seldes
Jose Luis Sert
Benjamin Spock
Gloria Steinem
Irving
Stone
William Styron
Studs Terkel
Esteban Vincente
Kurt Vonnegut
Eli
Wallach
Tom Wicker
Jose Yglesias
Coleman A. Young
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(Views: Sculpture, Aerial view of plaza, Sketch of
sculpture)
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The Great American Horse 1986
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An 8 by 13 by 2 foot bronze in an edition of six.
Inspired by the traditional American weathervane horse. The #1 is in Cypress
Gardens, Florida; the #2 is in Battle Creek, Michigan; the #3 is on the campus
of The University of Texas at San Antonio.
(top: with artist in studio - below: on site)
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An 8 by 8 by 6 foot bronze in an edition of six. With an astronaut-like face mask and inadequate
wings it is a monument to "dreamers".
The #1 is at The United States Olympic Training
Facility in San Diego, Ca. (this work won the "Orchid" award from a jury of architects and city
planners); the #2 is at Busch Gardens in Orlando, Fl.; the #3 is at Lebanon Airport in New
Hampshire.
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(front and back views)
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Horses of
Extremadura 1994
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A trio of 12 by 10 by 5 foot bronze horses placed on the entry plaza at The
University of Extremadura in Badjoz, Spain.
Commissioned to
commemorate the 500th anniversary of the start of the colonization of the
Americas, much of it by individuals from the provence of Extremadura. The
work represents one of the most favorable, if unintended, aspects of that
colonization; the escape of those Spanish horses that went on to populate the
Great Plains and to change and improve the lives of the indigenous peoples.
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(views: sculpture and artist at foundry, on site)
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Commissions not shown
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Astronaut Column 1977 - A 16 foot tall
bronze commissioned by the City of New York for placement at the entrance
to Public School 57 on Staten Island, New York.
The Leaper 1985 - A 6 by
6 by 4 foot bronze on a 6 foot pedestal. The sculpture is sited at the
entrance
to the Orange County Administration Building in Orlando, Fl.
Prometheus
1986 - An 8 by 8 by 3 foot high-polished bronze male torso set on a 10 foot
pedestal. It is sited at the main entrance to the high-tech center, "Princeton
Park", near Princeton, N.J.
Venus 1985 - A 5 by 3 by 2 foot female torso
on a 6 foot pedestal. Sited in the entrance lobby of the Park City Plaza office
complex in Bridgeport, Conn.
Angel 1992 - A 6 by 4 by 3 foot bronze
mounted on the wall of a chapel in the city's main cemetery on Mont-Juic,
the mountain overlooking Barcelona, Spain.
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