That Morning
This sculpture was the opening piece in the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands’ Emergence exhibition, held in 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. Standing almost four feet high, the swirling vortex of corroded iron rises up in a manner reminiscent of a hurricane. Embedded in the centre of the spiral are objects that the artist found when walking through the wreckage left behind by the storm — electricity and water meters, a broken mug, and a clock that stopped at 8:10 a.m., when the storm was at its most violent — symbolising the complete upheaval of normality.
About the Artist
Karoly Szücs
b. 1965
Hungarian-born metal fabricator and sculptor Karoly Szücs moved to the Cayman Islands in the early 2000s, where he founded his company Artisan Metal Works and quickly established himself as one of the Islands’ premier sculptors. He has received several important public commissions, including a memorial to the turtling industry in Heroes Square, the Cayman National roundabout, and the Dart Family Park in George Town, Grand Cayman. His work is featured in Art of the Cayman Islands, the Islands’ first formal art history (Scala Fine Art Publishers Ltd.: Fall 2016) and was included in the NGCI exhibitions Emergence (2005), Art of Assemblage (2013), All Access (2015), and Revive: Contemporary Caymanian Craft (2017).
