Tribute To The Twin Towers: Point In Time 010911 by Mic Knight

My tribute to the Twin Towers, created after the attack on New York and the Pentagon. It's title is:
Point In Time 010911, 2002
 

 

This work was displayed at the acclaimed Leepa Rattner Museum, located in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Hundreds of people viewed this work at the museum, where it was used as the centerpiece of a memorial tribute on 9-11-2002. After the service, I was gratified by the number of people that sought me out and thanked me for creating this sculpture, which stands as a tribute to the spirit of the original building.  

I'm indebted to Leepa Rattner volunteer Sally Salke, who wrote and distributed the following:
 
On September 11, 2001, The United States experienced an unprovoked terrorist attack on its people and principles. The wanton destruction and loss of life was documented by countless television cameras as the nation watched it happen. Every television station replayed it again and again. September 11 generated disbelief, fear, outrage and anger. In the wake of the chaos, it also generated creativity.

In frustration and the need to help, many artists were driven to do something to memorialize the day. This creativity is a healing process.

Point In Time 010911 was Mic Knight's response to September 11th. The sculpture was finished by October 2001. It is a tribute to the World Trade Center, the massive aluminum faced, steel framed towers that stood 1,368 feet in the air, in Manhattan, gracing New York City's skyline. The Towers were completed in early 1973 and were known as a world financial center and a marvelous tourist attraction. From the observation deck, 1,320 feet above the sidewalk, you could see for 45 miles in every direction. Each of its 110 floors had one acre of rentable space. In 1976, the chief architect, Minoru Yamasaki, wrote "…the world Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace."

Mic Knight is an artist who uses various commercial materials and turns them into abstract sculptures. Point In Time 010911 was not intended to replicate the World Trade Center buildings. It was designed to capture its spirit as well as depict it as unscarred, undefeated and gleaming in the light, reflecting clouds and the surrounding world.

Made of fabricated industrial aluminum, Mic ground and burnished the entire surface. Limited by the material, the mat-like finish reflects a texture of planned and random designs. Although he researched the World Trade Center's actual dimensions, he chose to make his sculpture taller than scale. (The sculpture stands 78 inches tall) For him, by looking up, the sculpture represents a tribute not only to the complex but also to our nation's liberty.

We must never forget that intolerance is the enemy of the principals upon which our country was founded. Artists like Mic Knight have helped us remember."

Part of a presentation by Sally Salke of Mic Knight's artwork Point In Time 010911 at the  Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, Florida, on the first anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on America.