At twilight today, driving a couple of miles from where I live in Bergen County, NJ, I was observing several Christmas displays when this image drew my attention. Given the holiday decor all around me and the growing darkness, my first thought was that it was a representation of a reindeer. Then I saw the title of this work: Leonia Moose.
If any moose has ever been spotted in this town,
it was not by me, and not after Leonia became an inner-ring suburb of New York
rather than a rural area. Actually, it’s meant not to remind viewers of what is
seen now but of what existed here centuries ago, when forests were filled
with wildlife.
I couldn’t help but like Alberto Bursztyn’s work, which
the Brooklyn artist assembled on site from natural fallen lumber collected in
Leonia’s Highwood Hills forest.
This was one of five outdoor works installed during
this year’s pandemic by the all-volunteer, non-profit organization Sculpture
for Leonia.
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