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Featured Work
Great American Horse
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Roy ShifrinSculpture (EXTERIOR)
Orange County Convention Center
About the Artwork
The horse was inspired by the traditional American weathervane horses that were used as weather forecasting tools in the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally located at Cypress Gardens, one of Florida’s original, leading theme parks, the horse was acquired by Orange County when Cypress Gardens closed.
About the Artist
Roy Shifrin
Roy Shifrin studied at the Cooper Union School of Art in Manhattan, New York. In 1964 he went to Europe with the intention of remaining there for six months, but stayed for 13 years. His artistic career has transpired between Europe and the USA. Large public works of his stand in many U.S. and European cities such as New York, Princeton, Orlando, Battle Creek, San Antonio, San Diego, Barcelona, and Badajoz and his work is included in most major European art collections. Shifrin has had five one-man shows in London, eight in Barcelona, and others in France, Italy, Ireland, and Holland (as of May 1984). In America, he has had four one-man shows in New York City and group and museum shows across the country. While sculpture has been his major career focus, over the past years work on monumental bronzes has offered him time and space for other creative paths including creating a book of poems, an autobiography and producing a number of inventions, including a flexing bicycle helmet that won a gold medal in the Industrial Design Excellence Awards in 2000.
Did you know?
A building boom in the first decade of this century brought numerous large works of art to Downtown Orlando.
Discover Art in Central Florida!
For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
let us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking
to spice up their life through exploring art.