Rosemarie Castoro in The Guardian From New York to north Wales: artist’s field of logs recreated on Llandudno beach
Rosemarie Castoro's Trap a Zoid, last shown in Manhattan half a century ago, being restaged as part of retrospective
By Steven Morris
A sculpture described by the artist as a "painting you can walk in", which was only exhibited once almost half a century ago on the tip of Manhattan island, has reappeared on a north Wales beach.
Rather than having a backdrop of skyscrapers as it did in 1978, Rosemarie Castoro's Trap a Zoid has been set up on a beach in Llandudno in front of the Great Orme, a headland perhaps best known for its wild goats which headed into the town during the first lockdown.
The sculpture, an asymmetrical field of logs, was the star of the show when it was first created on a sandy landfill site on what is now Battery Park City as part of an Art on the Beach exhibition.
Castoro, a central figure in New York's minimalist and conceptual art scene, who died in 2015, used 200 logs from the city's parks department and for just over a month the artwork provided enjoyment and intrigue.
Despite its success, the piece has never been seen again, until now, when it is being re-staged as part of a retrospective of the artist's work - called Carving Space - at the Mostyn gallery in Llandudno.
