FriendsWithYou’s “Starchild” Sculpture Shoot at Little Park

Miami Beach, FL – November 23, 2022 – FriendsWithYou, the art collaboration of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, is pleased to announce their newest public artwork, Starchild, a 50-foot tall metal sculpture commissioned by the City of Miami Beach. Starchild will be unveiled during 2022 Miami Art Week at Miami Beach’s Henry Liebman Square (41st Street & Pine Tree Drive). The sculpture will coincide with FriendsWithYou’s participation in Art Basel Miami Beach, where the artists are showing new works with two galleries, Nanzuka Gallery and GAVLAK.

Starchild is the main character in FriendsWithYou’s newest body of work, a longform conceptual project in which the artist’s are renaming the Earth to “Ocean” as a means to unify the planet by a name. In this metaphor, Starchild is a key archetype inside the origin story of Ocean lore; he marks the beginning of life on Ocean — just as the artist’s iconic Little Cloud has been a key character in their oeuvre over the years, Starchild is now introduced as a symbol of light, power, and nature.