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Bensonhurst Gardens
2012
18th Avenue (D)
New York City Transit
"Bensonhurst Gardens" depicts imaginary landscapes made up of native plants with an unexpected array of flowers growing side by side. The 32 laminated glass panels were created through a process of collage. Simeti selected plants and flowers that are culturally meaningful to the three main ethnic groups currently living in Bensonhurst: Chinese, Italian, and Jewish.
One of these examples includes the rose and lily, which reference the Santa Rosalia Festival. The festival is highly celebrated in the neighborhoods served by the station. Simeti's aim is not to make the individual panels immediately recognizable to a specific culture but to function as a framework, creating surreal compositions that belong to different times, cultures and habitats. In addition, Simeti’s compositions comment on society’s relationship to nature by showing the soil which nurtures the plants also collecting society’s detritus.
One of these examples includes the rose and lily, which reference the Santa Rosalia Festival. The festival is highly celebrated in the neighborhoods served by the station. Simeti's aim is not to make the individual panels immediately recognizable to a specific culture but to function as a framework, creating surreal compositions that belong to different times, cultures and habitats. In addition, Simeti’s compositions comment on society’s relationship to nature by showing the soil which nurtures the plants also collecting society’s detritus.
