Response to Ursula von Rydingsvard: "Ona"

The bronze sculpture "Ona" sits outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. "Ona" in Polish refers to a female. Von Rydingsvard says that she feels a female energy from the sculpture--thus the name. Von Rydingsvard uses a Patina process to fuse colors into the bronze to juxtapose the rusting metal of the huge arena. The sculpture has a subtle V shape, which is traditionally a symbol of feminism--a rough abstraction of the shape of the birth canal. Von Rydingsvard has worked in Brooklyn for more than 37 years and is very happy to have one of her sculptures on display there.