I LOVE YOU, Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt (R&R Studios), 2012
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Miami-based R&R Studios, comprised of husband and wife team Rosario Marquardt & Roberto Behar, created the I LOVE YOU installation located at the Young At Art Museum and Broward County Library in Florida. This work of public art transforms an outdoor space into an open-air room for children and their families to read, create art, picnic, and enjoy the library's popular story-telling program. Colorful flower-shaped benches are arranged in a semicircle facing the ten-foot tall letters that spell the phrase "I LOVE YOU". The 44-foot diameter circular room is bordered by a ring of plants to further define the space. Together, Marquardt and Behar envisioned the seating/story-telling area as a secret garden, where imagination takes flight.
Digital renderings and images courtesy of R&R Studios.
