public art sculpture in Union Square Park, Manhattan by Pavel (Pasha) Radetzki

May 5 - November 5, 2024

'This work you are doing is really important in this moment of human condition.' Marina Abramović

‘Innovative, successful public exhibition, an asset to Art In The Parks program’ | NYC Parks

‘We love LOV… selected as the first public artwork to be displayed in Union Square’s center lawn' |Union Square Partnership

'He makes hope visible'

This new interactive sculpture in Union Square wants you to be part of it. | TimeOut New York

'All you need is L-O-V.' | New York Post

New Sculpture in Union Square promotes unity provides venue for public art. | 1010 WINS New York Radio

Union Square debuts public art program with sculpture from Manhattan-based artist Pasha Radetzki |amNewYork

'a multimedia artist extraordinaire.' Proyectos Raul Zamudio

'Best outdoor art in NYC' | TimeOut New York

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is an interactive public art site created in partnership with NYC Parks and Union Square Partnership by Pavel (Pasha) Radetzki studiO.

Composed of LOV Sculpture, 3 Sisters-Americas Garden and Unity On Union Square performance series, the work articulates the notions of peace, unity, attainable freedom and interdependence of all human lives and nature.

Special thanks to our partners:

New York City Parks

Union Square Partnership

The New York Foundation For The Arts (NYFA)

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)

lov.foundation

ArtMax & Andrew Logan Projects

ArtYard LLC

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Part of Love-ego=LOV initiative, this project is supported by The New York Foundation For The Arts' fiscal sponsorship.

Tax-deductible donations can be made > HERE

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Inspired by the principles of reciprocity and elemental math equations, the Love-ego=LOV Sculpture Garden features a free-standing sculptural composition in Union Square Park which depicts a newly created word - LOV - a neologism with its specific meaning of egoless love and pronunciation, /lov/. The audience is invited to enact the eclipsed letter E, representing one’s self or ego, by striking ‘the letter E pose’ to the right of the sculpture to interplay the words LOV and ‘Love’.

3 Sisters-Americas garden is built-in into its structure featuring the plants native to the Americas. The title refers to the notion of ‘Abya Yala,’ a unified vitality continent in Kuna people's language.

The site is activated by Unity On Union Square performance series titled: Peace In All Languages, SunCultures Naturality, Huewomanity Founding Mothers and LOV In All Colors. The works experiment with conceiving of the new modes for community living, governing and human interrelations as well as build peacemaking narratives in public spaces.

Additional press:

Why Union Square Park's LOV installation, has an ‘E' missing, explained | Times Now News

Artist Pasha Radetzki: Love-ego=LOV | Christina Holmes Photography

Pasha RAdetzki creates the Love-ego=LOV in New York | Trend Hunter

New ‘Love' sculpture in NYC is spelled without the ‘E' | Design Taxi

Why is NYC's 'love' sculpture is missing an ‘E'? | PIX11

Make Music New York Day in Union Square | amNewYork

We accept commissions for sculpture (outdoor, garden, small scale), paintings, drawings and performances at: pashara[at]gmail[dot]com

You can also take a look at our awards-winning outdoor sculptures accomplished in Brazil > here

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