New York City - Parks & Recreation, in conjunction with The Fund for Park Avenue Sculpture Committee, is pleased to announce a public art exhibition by distinguished American sculptor Bryan Hunt on the Park Avenue Malls between 52nd and 57th Streets. On view from September through November 2011, Hunt's 10-work survey of his Waterfall sculpture series will be the largest and most ambitious outdoor display of his work to date. This retrospective grouping, spanning from 1977 to 2006, brings the outdoor sculpture series, for which he is best known, together for the first time.

"Bryan Hunt's work is the latest example of museum-quality art to grace the Park Avenue Malls," said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "The fluidity and motion of his sculptures perfectly complements the dynamism of the avenue itself."

Bryan Hunt's cast bronze and aluminum Waterfalls are the physical outcome of decades-long pursuit to capture water as a found object and sculptural element, frozen and abstracted from nature. His study of water allows him to explore sculptural casting processes as much as natural waterfall compositions. In the 1970s, Hunt became captivated by the sensuality of traditional sculpture by artists like Auguste Rodin, and was inspired to similarly mold and model his works, a deviation from the Minimalist trends of the time. Cast from models in chiseled plaster and wet clay, Hunt's sculptures are made from molten metal which, as it hardens, simulates arrested water. His sculptural cascading forms give, in Hunt's words, "liquid a tangible form."

The retrospective includes editioned works that can be found in world famous collections including "Step Falls," 1977, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Big Twist," 1978, at the Museum of Modern Art, "Bear Run I," 1978, at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in Pennsylvania, and "Daphne I," 1979, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.

Hunt (b. 1947) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and currently lives and works in New York City and Long Island. He received his BFA at the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles and completed an independent study program through the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work can be found in the collections of major museums including the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Stedelijk Museum.

In 2006 Parks & Recreation unveiled Hunt's permanent outdoor public sculpture entitled "Coenties Ship," part of Hunt's "airships" series. This 21-foot tall sculpture, fabricated from stainless steel and glass, is located at Coenties Slip Park in lower Manhattan. On behalf of the City and New York, he also designed commemorative pieces from World Trade Center steel later given to families of the victims of 9/11.

The current installation is presented under the auspices of New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation and The Fund for Park Avenue Sculpture Committee, who work together to present a variety of exhibitions by renowned artists at this unique venue.

The City of New York's Department of Parks & Recreation Public Art Program has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in parks throughout the five boroughs. Since 1967, collaborations with arts organizations and artists have produced hundreds of public art projects in New York City parks.

Bryan Hunt is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to exhibit on Park Avenue. Previous exhibitions have included Jean Dubuffet, Robert Indiana, Yoshitomo Nara, Tom Otterness and Beverly Pepper.