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Overview

During the summer of 2021, LAND studio proudly chose artist Darius Steward to feature his work in the Cleveland Public Library's See Also program. The annual series brings innovative and thought-provoking temporary art installations to the Eastman Reading Garden at Cleveland Public Library’s Main Branch.

About the Art

Darius Steward’s first three-dimensional artwork, a grouping of child-sized sculptures designed in the likenesses of his own children, is a part of a series titled In Search of New Beginnings. The series developed from one of Steward’s earlier works, Baggage Claim, which dealt with how we see each other’s baggage. This new series is about letting go of that baggage and looking to the future.   

This new series is about letting go of that baggage and looking to the future. The work also aims to create a dialogue around race and identity. Steward says, “If we have a starting point…we can start to break from some of these barriers. It’s based on coming to a place where we all carry something.” The pieces were fabricated by Toledo-based Graphite Design and Build and hand-painted by Steward. 

As a complement to this sculptural work, Steward designed a mural that has been added to the exterior of the Cleveland Public Library’s Harvard-Lee branch. 

 

Darius  Steward

Meet the Artist

Darius Steward

Darius Steward (1984) is an American Artist from East Cleveland, Ohio. Outliving the neighborhood, he grew up in, Steward is one of a select few whose determination got him out of the zip code. Completing his undergrad at the Cleveland Institute of ...

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