Fitzhugh Karol and the Material Vernacular

Amanda Villarosa

The most immediately recognizable of Brooklyn-based sculptor Fitzhugh Karol’s works might be his colorful large-scale industrial steel sculptures seen around the borough as part of the NYC Parks Department’s Art in the Parks program. Searches (inspired by the iconic Soldiers and Sailors Arch at Grand Army Plaza) and Reaches (which mimicked the movement of park-goers along the park’s loop) were on view in Prospect Park in 2018. In 2019 and 2020, the park installed...