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September Issue 2007
North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, to Install Two Monumental Works of Outdoor Art
Two giant sculptures by emerging international artist Ledelle Moe have been installed in the North Carolina Museum of Art Park in Raleigh, NC. The artist was on site for the installation of her works Collapse I (2000) and Untitled (2007). These sculptures are the latest additions to the 164-acre Museum Park that includes a collection of site-specific works of art.
Moe's large-scale, concrete and steel structures echo the fallen icons of the Soviet Bloc and Apartheid, and speak to the destruction and erosion of monuments and history. The sculptures, from Moe's aptly-titled Collapse series, look as though they tumbled down from places of prominence in town squares or outside palace walls.
The prominently placed Collapse I, a massive, abstract human form resting on its side, stretches 30 feet in length along the Museum Park's primary trail. Untitled, a figure curled into a fetal position, was embedded in a more intimate setting in the woods. Both works are on long-term loan to the Museum.
Visitors may not realize that the two sculptures were created in the present day - and that is the artist's intent, according to Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Kinsey Katchka. "The sculptures appear eroded by time, and one wonders whether the forest grew around them, or if they somehow emerged from the earth," Katchka said.
Moe, a native of Durban, South Africa and long time resident of the mid-Atlantic region, came to the United States in 1994. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has been featured in a number of international venues including the NSA Gallery in Durban, South Africa, and the International Sculpture Center in Washington, DC.
Moe's recent projects include installations at Socrates Sculpture Park and Pratt Institute in New York City, and at Decatur Blue in Washington, DC. She now lives in Baltimore, MD, and teaches sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
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Gallery listings, call the Museum at 919/839-6262 or visit (www.ncartmuseum.org).
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