Los Angeles Opens Its Heart Of Compassion By Cliff Garten Studio

洛杉矶的“同情之心”位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的韩国城市中心，位于威尔希尔大道和佛蒙特大道的繁华交汇处。这个悬浮的雕塑由175英尺x45英尺的透明金属屏风组成，背后是一个20英尺高的三维雕塑，它是用激光切割铝制成的莲花的100个花瓣状抽象物做成的。雕塑沐浴在强烈的白光中，屏幕和相应的线条在光线中移动，呈现出丰富的变幻颜色。弯曲的屏幕捕捉到的颜色的膨胀与自然光的数量有关。荷花的抽象化，是韩国艺术中反复出现的主题，它借鉴了韩国周边独特的历史，表达了当代材料与光的转换意象。莲花的主题是通过蚀刻玻璃嵌板的广场，沿着公共楼梯从广场到二楼阳台，俯瞰洛杉矶中心大道威尔希尔大道。这座雕塑覆盖了位于佛蒙特州两座塔楼之间的停车场的2-6层，这是一个以零售和居住空间为特色的多功能开发项目。两幢23层29层的住宅楼，以及464个单元，与这座被灯光照亮的雕塑“洛杉矶之心”相连。

Los Angeles Opens Its Heart of Compassion is located at the busy intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue at the heart of Koreatown in Los Angeles, California. The suspended sculpture is comprised of a 175’ x 45’ diaphanous, undulating metallic screen behind a 20’ tall three dimensional sculpture made of 100 petal-like abstractions of a lotus flower made of laser cut aluminum. The sculpture is bathed in an intense white light while the screen and its corresponding line drawing move through a light show of rich changing colors. The swells of color captured by the curving screen deepen in relation to the amount of natural daylight. The abstraction of the lotus blossom, a recurrent theme in Korean art references the unique history of the Koreatown neighborhood and articulates the image transformed in contemporary materials and light. The motif of the lotus is carried through the plaza in etched glass panels that line the public staircase leading from the plaza to the second floor balcony overlooking Wilshire Boulevard, a central thoroughfare of Los Angeles. The sculpture covers the floors 2-6 of the parking structure situated between the two towers of The Vermont, a mixed-use development featuring retail and residential space. The two residential towers, 23 stories and 29 stories, and their 464 units, are joined by the illuminated sculpture, Los Angeles Opens Its Heart of Compassion.