Bruce GaryW 58th St between 10th Ave and 9th AveHeart Three · Location 242 · Drawn March 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Video podcast0:00On West 58th Street between 9th and 10th Avenue, on the north side of the street, is a nail salon.0:07The drawing is made just to the left of it.0:10Technically, it's on St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center to the right of the entrance at 429 West 58th Street.0:17The drawing is made on the dual-tone surface that has the peach-covered glazed bricks on the top0:23and the waist-high marble granite surface below it.0:28The surface is to the right of where originally there were just two holes, but now are circular0:33metal grates perforated with tinier circles.0:36The white graffiti that was there is still slightly evident, though attempts have been0:40made to clean it up.0:41Our favorite detail, however, is on the ninth brick above the granite surface, where the0:46peach brick meets the traditional red brick of the nail salon.0:49You'll see inscribed in a small 2 inch by 2 inch white patch, zero, zero and a half,0:56an S, a symbol, a square, and underneath that, evidence of even more numbers and letters.1:01The drawing was made just to the left of this patch of symbols.1:06This is Bruce Gary. He was drawn in March of 2003. His drawing is counting 10 people.1:16Another security officer, another independent decision. This decision swings solidly in our favor1:23and we are granted a stress-free environment to work and think in.1:27The newspapers are filled with the prospects of the potential war the United States is going to wage on Iraq.1:34I have read all the reasons that have been given.1:36It does not look like a good idea.1:39Well, war in and of itself is never a good idea,1:41but this talk of war seems even more disconnected than ever.1:45If it happens, it will be the second war we have waged since I started drawing the deceased from 9-11.1:52During the time I am drawing this fireman, I am framing my thoughts around the question,1:57would Bruce Gary wage war if it were his choice to make?2:02Who knows?2:04I spent the rest of this drawing consumed by the concepts of justification, especially2:10for actions that will only take more lives, ironically waged under the premise that if2:15If those lives are not lost, then even more lives will be lost.2:20Such [unclear] war.2:24Bruce Gary was a firefighter with Engine 40, a part-time plumber, and since his divorce2:29a decade ago, a full-time parent to his three children.2:33Somehow he found time to be vice president of the Little League in Belmore, New York,2:37coaching his sons and their friends.2:39Always encouraging, never losing his temper.← Location 241Heart Three · Location 242Location 243 →
