Brothers by David Breuer-Weil (PHOTO: Adeyinka Makinde)
Created in 2016 by the sculptor David Breuer-Weil,
"Brothers" is a 6-metre tall bronze depicting the connection between
"brothers, siblings, partners, friends in a human arch".
In the words of Breuer-Weil:
This sculpture is a human arch, but the arch means
something very potent: the joining of two minds. It is about connections such
as brothers, siblings, partners, friends and joining strangers. It is an image
of coming together, resolution and peace. But it also offers therefore a
suggestion of symbolic meanings to every bridge or arch. Every arch is a symbol
of connection and resolution. My communicators, my brothers are communicating
in a very physical and intimate way. I want the viewer to view the arch from
underneath, to look upwards at this moment of communication because such a
communication is a form of prayer or the expression of a hope that we can be
understood by ourselves or another person; the image of is a physical embodiment
of the joining of minds. I have personally textured the entire surface with
thousands of marks and inscriptions, effectively painting in plaster. Included
in this diorama of marks, words and ideas I wrote the names of multiple
pairings of brothers including my own and those of many others. You pass under
the arch and see this graffiti, but it is not graffiti accrued over time by
vandals, but part of the sculpture and its theme.
The photograph was taken by me on May 31st outside St.
Pancras Parish Church Gardens.
© Adeyinka Makinde (2018)
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