Lamentations in the News: Coverage of the Lamentations Art Action & Restoration

Lamentations, an outdoor sculpture group of five female figures was created from scrap metal and recycled automobile steel, which the artist then welded and painted.

Created in 1989 by renowned American sculptor, Judith Brown, Lamentations was inspired by a dance piece produced by choreographer, Martha Graham.

Acting upon the artist’s wish that the sculptural group be given to a Vermont institution, the family foundation offered it to the University of Vermont where it was installed on the Fleming Green in 1993.

Since that time, routine maintenance has failed to remedy the rapidly spreading rust inside the figures. Without an indoor environment, the sculpture group was close to the brink of disintegration.

Relocation to an indoor environment was critical to the sculptures’ conservation and the University of Vermont is grateful to the FLYNNDOG Gallery for offering a secure, indoor space to display and store Lamentations Group.