Herbert HomerE 120th St between 3rd Ave and Lexington AveHeart Four · Location 440 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Video podcast0:00West of 3rd Avenue on East 120th Street is Fabco Shoes.0:06We're not sure if Fabco Shoes is still an operating business.0:10We've never seen the retractable metal gate open.0:13But we thank it for providing us with a dark red painted surface facing onto 120th Street.0:21The exact location where we made this drawing was inside a recessed space along this red wall0:27that hosted a door at some point or another.0:30As of spring 2006, the wall is covered with lots of different types of casual graffiti.0:37This is Herbert Homer.0:39He was drawn in July of 2004.0:43His drawing is counting one person.0:48I like the notion of hope in a certain place,0:50hope in NYC or hope in OKC,0:53because in some ways, like, you guys are the Rhode Island ambassadors of hope to these places to do this work.1:01And so it has that kind of nice double meaning of...1:04We like that, too. We like it a lot.1:07We're real proud to be from Rhode Island, sharing as much of our time and love and skills and conversations as we can.1:17If we can represent Rhode Island well, artists well, art well, public art well, and maybe1:25just processes that help lead to resolution and peace, all of that stuff in small shades1:33and increments added together can hopefully only lead to good things.1:39He and his wife Karen often volunteered to supervise the church's crib room during services.1:46He and his wife had only been married four years and it was a love story in our church,1:51said Reverend Edgar N. Epp. They had never been married before,1:56they were in love and seemed to have a kind of idyllic relationship.← Location 439Heart Four · Location 440Location 441 →
