The Broadway Mall Association, in partnership with HESSE FLATOW, presents Carl D'Alvia:
Broadway Hubbub, an outdoor exhibition featuring five large-scale, monochromatic sculptures
from the artist’s Liths series. These works, ranging from 5 ft to 12 ft tall, are handmade in
aluminum and auto paint, showcasing D’Alvia’s signature bright colors and bold forms against
the urban landscape. The sculptures will be on view along Broadway in New York City, from
64th Street near Dante Park to Columbia University at 117th Street.
D’Alvia’s sculptural practice has evolved over three decades, blending humor, playfulness, and
softness with traditional materials like bronze, marble, resin, and aluminum. His work navigates
dichotomies such as hard/soft, minimal/ornate, and animate/inanimate, often bringing human-
like qualities to his sculptures and challenging their static nature. This exploration of contrasts
allows D’Alvia to create works that are both monumental and intimate, humorous and serious.
Drawing from historical references like Baroque sculpture and Minimalism, his vibrant, playful
approach engages contemporary sensibilities while reimagining traditional forms.
In his Liths series, which are on view along Broadway, D’Alvia pushes the boundaries of
sculpture with monumental painted aluminum works that blend toughness with vulnerability,
humor with gravity. Inspired by ancient monoliths and 1970s artists such as Alexander Calder
and Tony Smith, the artist transforms the traditional statue into something more animated and
human. Each piece, coated in vibrant automotive paint, takes on distinct personalities, such
as Hot Rod and Tandem (both 2025). These sculptures combine the weight of historical
monumentality with a whimsical, almost comedic character, bringing new life to the
medium.
When reflecting on the exhibition, D’Alvia states, “I've always seen these large works being out
in the world with us. Itinerant characters who slouch, bend, and wander through the world
alongside us while holding a sort of sculptural mirror up to us. Being able to show these works
on Broadway affords me the unique opportunity to allow these sculptures to wander into the
urban fabric and whimsically challenge and interact with the public. There's only one
Broadway."
Parallel to the outdoor exhibition, one of D’Alvia’s seminal works will be on view at HESSE
FLATOW, at 77 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013.
About the Broadway Mall Association
The Broadway Mall Association (BMA) is a nonprofit that stewards, advocates, and cares for
the 5-mile environmental resource in the heart of upper Manhattan. The 83 verdant malls from
70th Street to 168th Street stretch from the Upper West Side through Harlem to Washington
Heights.
In addition to preserving and protecting the 10.6 acres of malls along Broadway, BMA
stages museum-quality public-art exhibitions for the benefit of the local communities that
Broadway traverses as well as visitors to the area. For more information, visit
broadwaymall.org.
About Art on the Malls
Art on the Malls, the Broadway Mall Association’s program to enliven the Broadway malls with
contemporary art, was launched in 2005 with the major exhibition “Tom Otterness on
Broadway.” Since then, BMA has exhibited the work of more than 20 internationally recognized
artists, including Carole Eisner, Manolo Valdés, Peter Woytuk, Saint Clair Cemin, Dan Colen,
Don Gummer, Joy Brown, Kathy Ruttenberg, Nicolas Holiber, Jon Isherwood, Sean Scully and,
now, Carl D’Alvia. For more information, visit broadwaymall.org/public-art.
About NYC Parks Art in the Parks
For nearly 60 years, NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program has brought contemporary public
artworks to the city’s parks, making New York City one of the world’s largest open-air galleries.
The agency has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in
parks throughout the five boroughs. Since 1967, NYC Parks has collaborated with arts
organizations and artists to produce more than 3,000 public artworks by 1,500 notable and
emerging artists in more than 200 parks. For more information, visit nyc.gov/parks/art.
