Richard Barry RossCentral Park between E 85th St and E 84th StHeart Four · Location 346 · Drawn July 2003Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Video podcast0:00This drawing's location is on a plot of grass in Central Park.0:04If you go to the Great Lawn in Central Park and to the 12 o'clock position on the oval path,0:09on the north side of the path is an area with a large patch of grass and two baseball fields.0:17Just over the path at 12 o'clock on the left is a tall tree.0:22The tree's branches reach out over the grass and towards the baseball field,0:26and this drawing was done underneath the furthest reach of this tree,0:31between the tree and the baseball diamond.0:34This is Richard Barry Ross.0:37He was drawn in July of 2003.0:40His drawing is counting ten people.0:43My name is Michael Townsend, and we're here in New York0:47looking at a project that's been unfolding for the last five years.0:51My name is Adriana Yoto, and I have been sort of involved in this project by default through various phases of support and unsupportiveness.1:05I'm Colin Bliss. I grew up in New York City and been involved with this project for a few years now.1:13I've been around for a good section of the drawings and a good deal of the off-site computer work and other support work.1:23My name is Jay Zengelblatt, and I've had a hand in a great deal of the drawings that we're going to be talking about today.1:32We are in Central Park, and we are just north of the main lawn, the center of Central Park.1:40and there are no walls anywhere.1:43So this drawing was made of the materials that we collected1:47from flowers, things that fall from the tree, grass,1:51and we drew this person right here on the grass.1:54It was a seasonal drawing.1:56You said it was a seasonal drawing?1:58It was a seasonal drawing.1:58It's funny because Mike made mention of the flowers2:01and things that had been around at the time,2:03and right now it's just green, so it's a little bit hard to imagine,2:06but the drawing had been composed of these really beautiful yellow flowers and leaves that had fallen from the trees.2:12And we stitched them together.2:14I don't know if that's in bounds to say.2:16But yeah, we braided the organic matter at hand to collage a figure out of the elements.2:27But he did not let his schedule interfere with his family life.2:30He still found time to coach his son Franklin's baseball and basketball teams2:36And when his youngest daughter, Allison, developed a brain tumor as a child, Mr. Ross and a friend2:42formed a foundation, the Brain Tumor Society, to provide information and support.← Location 345Heart Four · Location 346Location 347 →
