Tribute to Ground Zero (New York).
The Cypress, symbolizing mortality and eternity, rises above a green valley (hope) where will be staged the rites of Spring (regeneration); separating the material world (solid cubes) from the spiritual one (open cube), it seems to question the
integrity of the Western civilization.
The juxtaposition of the objects creates the illusion of a Crucifixion (suffering), a metaphysical prelude to Resurrection (salvation - rising Cypress with all his roots). Everywhere mankind stood horrified, frightened and angry (hill on the
left).
Those who unwillingly gave up their earthly lives in the midst of contradiction and ambivalences, vanished into the clouds floating between heaven and earth; those who escaped (running figures) will always remember the two airplanes (birds) and the
cruel reality of change, decay and death (stone-skull). In the enigma of time, what has fallen will rise again.
Joseph Cusimano
