Some sculptures around the Empire State Plaza Complex are being restored by the Office of General Services. One of the sculptures receiving a rework is also finally receiving a name after 56 years.
Outside one of the agency buildings in Downtown Albany, a sculpture faces Madison Avenue. This artwork, had remained untitled since its creation in 1969. Now, 56 years after its creation, its sculptor Forrest Myers stands in front of the reinstalled artwork with a name for it. Dices. Myers says he chose this name because of the way the cubes are placed.
“The name is a bit random and obvious. I title my pieces so I remember which ones they were, and this one didn’t have a title,” said Myers. “So, I was looking at it, and I just thought, ‘Oh, it looks like dice tumbling on a on a crap table.’ And so, it became dice.”…