All artists are unknown, at least at first. Part of the Common
Ground exhibit in City Hall Park, on the Manhattan side near the WTC PATH, it’s
called Memorial for the Unknown Artist by Thomas Schutte, a contemporary German
sculptor. His website his here.
I love how the bust seems to drip into being. His face is
perplexed, why are his hands near his temples. Wondering why about why he does what he does
or wondering why about what he sees will soon be created into art. There is a
lack of anger, even agitation yet the bust is far from placid. Accepting the
lack of answers in this life, especially concerning clarifying the role and
artists plays in society, is not exactly effective consolation. The unknown
artist perseveres without recognition or support, and like all of us, sometimes
looks lost in the park, but is only perplexed, regardless of where he is. 
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