Elka Gould Heart Transplant

Elka Gould’s Heart Transplant is a red and blue, welded-steel sculpture consisting of three nine-foot treelike forms interconnected by a “heart” and sections of “veins” and “arteries,” which surface at irregular intervals among the “trees.” These forms suggest the presence of an enormous, life-giving circulatory system submerged within the earth. Gould introduces these biomorphic forms in an unexpected context to create a living landscape, suggesting lingering natural life in an urban landscape supported by artificially induced means.