Last chance to see BWAC sculpture on Brooklyn waterfront
A human-sized baguette and two slices of bread stand tall on the DUMBO waterfront in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Not far from the bread stands a somber monument to disappearing frogs – and a bit south of that squats a humorous huddle of wooden giants attached at the butt, from the waist down only.
For the 30th year in a row, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) has staked its claim on DUMBO with a sculpture exhibition in the northernmost section of the park, close to the Main Street playground. The show, with 14 pieces, runs through Saturday, September 15, so consider this a last chance to take it in.
As Brooklyn Bridge Park gets ever larger, with its rough edges polished, the BWAC show stands as a reminder of DUMBO’s renegade artist past, when artwork mysteriously appeared alongside abandoned buildings and under bushes in the park, like gnomes in a garden.