David Boyajian, adjunct professor of Art, installed his latest public art commission this past Friday, April 9, 2021, at 2626 Hylan Blvd. Shopping Plaza in Staten Island New York. The sculpture is 15’ tall, 14’ wide, and 6’ deep, and fabricated from Stainless Steel.

Boyajian explains that the sculpture represents dancing seedlings sprouting from the earth. Kimco Realty, developer of the new Plaza, has dubbed the sculpture “Renaissance,” to signify the “rebirth” of the shopping center, formerly known as Hylan Plaza.

The elements of nature are present in all of my work, from personal to private and public commissions. In creating public art, I am one of many authors writing the history of man's existence, and that of his attempt to rationally construct and give relevance to his emotional, physical, and spiritual connection to the world. This endeavor continually brings me back to the cycle of nature and its poignant synchronicity to human evolution.