A.E.Ryan site-specific installations

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Of Light, Concrete, and You steel bookstand, plexiglas mirrors, copper wire, table base, concrete 69" x 15" x 15" Project SUM (Sculpture Under McGrath Highway), 2007, Somerville, MA 2 views

NEST! mixed media & found objects 11' x 23' x 12' Holyoke Center, Cambridge, MA, 2001 installation by Reclamation Artists in residence at Harvard University and student collaborators

Myth of Affordable Housing reeds, wire, wood 120" x 48" x 48" DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park Lincoln, MA, 2001-02 view 1, view 2, view 3

High Water Burial fabric, fibers, rope, stuffing, other mixed media each "body" approx. 18" x 50" x 20" The Fens, Boston, MA, 1997 full view, detail 1 & 2

Current Manna weeds, wire, rope, fibers each "cradle" approx. 22" x 44" x 18" Convergence X Festival Providence, RI, 1997 full view, detail

Flora Sprawl - Urban Division reeds, rope, wire, rafia 144" x 36" x 36" The Muddy River, Olmsted Park Brookline, MA, 1998 supported in part by grants from the Brookline Council on Arts & Humanities, Massachusetts Cultural Council and the NEA view 1, view 2

Outbound mixed media & found objects 96" x 48" x 48" Draw 7 Park, Somerville, MA, 2001 part of the Mystic Reclamation Station, a collaboration of the Reclamation Artists full view

Reclaiming Blue Space mixed media & found objects (lifeguard stand lent by MDC) 11' X 23' 12' Draw 7 Park, Sommervile, MA, 2000 Reclamation Artists full view, detail 1 & 2

Ghost Boat to the Next Island reeds, wire, rope, fibers, fabrics 3' x 40' x 2' designed for the lake at Forest Hills Cemetary Art of the Spirit Show, 1998 full view

East Palm Springs Oasis mixed media & found objects 6' x 12' x 9' South Boston, MA & South End, 1991 Reclamation Artists full view, detail 1 & 2

Ghost Boat Cross the Muddy reeds, wire, rope, fibers, fabrics 4' x 58' x 3' Muddy River Olmsted Waterway, 2000 spanning river between Brookline & Boston supported in part by grants from the Brookline Council for the Arts & Humanities, Massachusetts Cultural Council & NEA full view, detail

Fisherman's Hut mixed media, found objects, wood, paint 6' x 21' x 4' Charlestown, MA, 1992 full view, detail

Nantucket Bridges wood, string, water 7' x 6' x 4' in pond on Nantucket Island, MA, 1979 full view

RoseMary's Tapes (An archaeological dig) mixed media, found objects, text 6' x 15' x 4' Northpoint, Cambridge, MA, 1994 overview, 3 details

Duccio's Weir water, wood, steel, paint, varnish approx. 3' x 21' x 18' the pond at Lars Andersen Park Brookline, MA 1993 Sculpture Walk '93 full view

Eat Here! mixed media, found objects 11' x 16' x 7' Kendall Square MBTA Station Cambridge, MA, 1986 5 views

La Fiesta Frigida! mixed media, multi media 9' x 32' x 22' installation & performance Downtown Crossing MBTA Station Boston, MA 1987 5 views developed in connection with a collaborative Artist in Residency at Boston English High School with Edir Passos, choreographer

Fearless Fletch's Last Fast Fantasy mixed media, found objects, plaster figures 10' x 10' x 2.5' Central Square MBTA Station Cambridge, MA 1986 full view, 2 details, participants, workshop plaster figures constructed with students during an Artist in Residency at the Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, MA commissioned by Arts on Line ArtsTops program, administered by the Cambridge Arts Council


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