Yearly Archives: 2012

Preliminary drawing by Kathleen Griffin “An image in time, an experience, a moment that flickers so brightly that it cannot last.”   The Plan “The Butterflies of Memory” is a temporary public sculpture on the site of the collapsed Smallpox Hospital Ruins on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan. Seventeen giant gold butterflies, each thirteen feet in [...]

This Weekend, Black Tie International Magazine hosts a viewing of Butterflies of Memory during Couture Fashion Week at the Waldorf Astoria. Invite/RSVP information below!   Friends of Black Tie You are invited to a special viewing at the Waldorf Astoria Black Tie International Magazine Exhibit 3rd floor, Luxury Showcase during Couture Fashion Week. September 15,16,17 2 PM [...]

The wings in the workshop in Philadelphia, where they were fabricated. These are the first wings to be produced and serve as a prototype for the rest of the fabrication.

A 3D rendering of “Butterflies of Memory”, based on the initial drawn concept.

Here’s how it starts: It’s February 2009. I’m driving down the FDR for the billionth time in my life, feeling sad and overwhelmed. I’m broke and living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, using my living room as a studio. I had come two months before to New York with a plan, and with [...]