“Outside Time,” a new, public art sculpture by artist Dimitar Lukanov, was formally unveiled on February 26, 2014, in the Departure Hall at New York’s JFK Airport Terminal 4.
“Outside Time” is a veritable drawing in space, a breathless, effortless, instantaneous gesture in the air. The piece aspires to halt, even momentarily, the relentlessness of time, to indeed be “Outside Time.” says Dimitar Lukanov. “I do transparent sculptures that converse with nature. The bronze and iron used in my work long for permanence, but the forms and illusions are ephemeral. The end result of my sculpture is an abbreviated script of matter dissolved within the air”.
The sculpture is the signature piece of a three-work sculpture project commissioned to Dimitar Lukanov by JFKIAT LLC in 2012 as part of the major redevelopment that Terminal 4 is undergoing to accommodate 15 million passengers. The massive sculpture — a structural wonder of weight distribution — represents an elated, optimistic “Goodbye” to the millions of departing New York air travelers.
With a 30 ft. long span, the 4600-pound structure (15 ft. tall and 11 ft. wide) is comprised of 1,000 feet of steel and aluminum tubing and 600 steel and aluminum elements.
