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Sculptor Ron Rocco’s powerful outdoor works depict the constant and He has created works in cities including Tempe, Arizona; Philadelphia,
ever-changing relationship of human beings with nature. His large-scale, Pennsylvania; Banff, Alberta, Canada; and Berlin, germany, among
site specific pieces are profound and many layered metaphors evoking others. His sculptures were acquired by the washington State Arts
our endless manipulation of environment, our need for habitat, and our Council’s ”Art in Public Places Program” and by the Berlinische galerie
longing for a meaningful union with nature. The sculptures draw the in Berlin, germany as well as by private collections in the United States,
viewer into a physical exploration which triggers spiritual and intellectual Europe, and Japan. He has received major sponsorship from foundations
responses to these universal issues. Mr. Rocco has developed a public including The national Endowment for the Arts, Art Matters, The new
sculptural language which articulates our artificial separation from York Foundation for the Arts, new York State Council on the Arts, The
nature and our fundamental unity with the natural world. It is a dialogue Creative and Performing Arts Council of Cornell University and the
that enriches and informs both the viewer and our shared spaces. netherland-America Foundation.

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