Wenlan Hu Frost
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The World Trade Center Forever - Memorializing
The 10th
Anniversary of The Death of The World Trade Center Series
This series was painted in 2011, which is a tribute to the 10th
anniversary of the death of the World Trade Center. Based on the
artist life experience, Wenlan Hu Frost created these paintings for
the remembrance of the World Trade Center and nearly 3,000 lost
souls.
In this series of eight large acrylic paintings shown above and
below, the artist rendered the World Trade Center abstractly and
repeated the WTC motif in these eight paintings. For each painting,
the artist used different color schemes to express her emotional
feelings and love toward the World Trade Center and depicted the
birth, rise, silver age, golden age, burning, death, resurrection,
and eternity of the WTC.
For the next six additional individual paintings shown below, the
artist painted these paintings based on the video and pictures taken
from her living room widow and aftermath scenes from her memory, as
well as feelings from her heart.
She used several different painting styles with brushes and palette
knives to achieve a more painterly and expressive effect, which
could better express her painful feelings and her eternal love
toward the World Trade Center, as well as nearly 3,000 souls lost in
that darkest day.
The artist created this tribute series with all of her heart. The
destruction of the World Trade Center is the most unforgettable
experience in the artist's life.
Wenlan Hu Frost lived one block away from the World Trade Center for
nearly10 years. She enjoyed appreciating the majestic WTC twin
towers from her 7th floor living room window and greeting them every
day. She also worked in the World Trade Center South Tower between
1992 to 1997 at Dean Witter Reynolds as an equity research analyst.
The artist experienced the terrorist bombing of the World Trade
Center in 1993. It took her an hour to evacuate from the 63rd floor,
walking down a dark, smoke-filled stairwell.
Wenlan Hu Frost and her family also experienced the 9/11 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. They witnessed the second
plane pierce the South Tower from their living room window and
watched the twin towers fall from nearby Wagner Park. The dust
clouds from the collapse of the towers enveloped them, cutting off
their sunlight and fresh air.
They evacuated across the Hudson River and spent that night in a
makeshift Red Cross shelter in New Jersey. Through the
floor-to-ceiling window of that shelter across the river they
watched the orange glow above the WTC site as the flames continued
to burn throughout the night.
It was days before they were able to return to their apartment to
survey the damage caused when debris from the collapsing towers
shattered the windows and filled their apartment with dust and
broken glass. The asbestos filled air made their eyes burning.
Wenlan was then four months pregnant with her second son. The family
was displaced for months until they relocated to Houston in 2002.
The 9/11 experience has totally changed the artist's life. Even
after she moved to Houston, she was still haunted from time to time
by the death of the World Trade Center and the fallen victims
inside, which led her to create this series.
For many people, the World Trade Center symbolized New York, America
or American capitalism, but for the artist, it was her workplace,
her neighborhood, and an important part of her life, which could and
should never be forgotten.
For American people, we should never ever forget the 9/11 attacks,
as well as nearly 3,000 lost souls and the fallen World Trade
Center. Remembering this history will help us understand and
remember our mission and responsibilities as Americans.
The Birth of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Rise of the World Trade
Center, 2011,
Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60"
(213 cm x 152 cm)
The Silver Age of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Golden Age of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Burning of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Death of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Resurrection of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60"
(213 cm x 152 cm)
The Eternity of the World Trade Center, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 84"x60" (213 cm x 152 cm)
The Dark Force of Evil In Broad Daylight, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60" (183 cm x 152 cm)
Based on Daniel Frost's video taken from the artist's apartment
window
The Day President Bush Vows, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60" (183 cm x 152 cm)
The Heart-Wrenching Moment,
2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60" (183 cm x 152 cm)
The Ghostly Night Glow at Ground Zero, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60"
(183 cm x 152 cm)
Based on Daniel Frost's photos taken from the artist's apartment
window
America, Never Ever Forget, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60" (183 cm x 152 cm)
May Your Lost Souls Rest In Heaven, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 72"X60" (183 cm x 152 cm)
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