Through The Cracks- @Museum of Contemporary Art - Long Island by Seema Lisa Pandya - July 2024 explores the idea of nature growing “through the cracks” of our rectilinear ridged built world while also examining how allowing life to fall through the cracks in society leaves the world in ruin. Ghosted translucent forms of both intact and crumbled buildings offer what can be lost and what could be built for the future. Plants with Cardinal Climber vines have been grown from seed by the artist and grow through and around the sculpture integrating the built world with nature. Offerings of hope and peace emerge in the form of tiny red flowers that attract hummingbirds. The piece is also a memorial to the nearly 15,000 children killed in Gaza when the piece was erected, and the thousands more still unaccounted for under the rubble of war. The artist has donated part of her artist fee to the World Central Kitchen and Jewish Voices for Peace who are heroically providing food and advocating for Palestinian piece on the ground. Mixed media - richlite, plants, acrylic panels,

Photos by Seema Lisa Pandya