Daniel Popper: Website | Instagram | Facebook My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Daniel Popper. The stunning installation is a symbol of hope and transformation as a beautiful addition to 2020. At about 30 feet tall, Thrive is crafted in concrete over glass and fiber structures. His work Thrive has been unveiled at the building Society Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Multidisciplinary artist Daniel Popper creates monumental public art installations of fantastical figures. If you would like to explore more of Daniel Popper's monumental works, you can visit his website and Instagram. In many ways it's a symbol of hope and transformation which have been central to many people's worlds during 2020.” When asked how he hopes audiences will interact with Thrive, he tells My Modern Met, “I hope they will continue to interact with it and enjoy it and that the message and feeling continues for many years to come. He hinted that more permanent works like Thrive are forthcoming. While music festivals are not possible at present, Popper says that he has already been focused on permanent public art installations. A neuroscience and psychology-based approach to helping children and young people thrive. For that installation, Popper collaborated with others to illuminate the work with projection mapping. Understand what children and young people are trying to communicate through their behaviour - so you can promote their positive mental health, improve their ability to learn, and open their doors to a bright future.
In 2019, his Modem Swamp work towered over the Modem Festival in Croatia.
Works of this scale are not new for Popper, who has spent years sculpting monumental public installations. The chest of the contemplative giant gently opens itself up, exposing its surprising green interior. The stunning structure also features a fern-adorned archway that viewers can walk through. Crafted in glass-fiber reinforced concrete, the sublime figure weighs about 14 tons and stands over 30 feet tall.
The sculptural installation features an enormous figure ripping open its chest-like a fairy-tale giant come to life.