Unveiling of FriendsWithYou’s “Starchild”

Miami Beach, FL – November 28, 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.

Lissette Arrogante

Mayor Dan Gelber

Mayor Dan Gelber

Lissette Arrogante

Alina T. Hudak

Arturo Sandoval III & Samuel Borkson

Arturo Sandoval III, Illangelo, Samuel Borkson, & AngelFire

Arturo Sandoval III, Julie Machado, Sarah Figueredo, Samuel Borkson, & Eric Small

Arturo Sandoval III, Julie Machado, & Samuel Borkson

Illangelo, Samuel Borkson, & AngelFire

Illangelo & Samuel Borkson

Commissioner Steven & Shannon Meiner

Eric Andre

Shannon & Commissioner Steven Meiner, & Alina T. Hudak

Samuel Borkson & Arturo Sandoval III

Eric Small, Sarah Figueredo, Brandi Reddick, Lissette Arrogante, & Julie Machado

Arturo Sandoval III, Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Commissioner Steven Meiner, Commissioner David Richardson, Samuel Borkson, Mayor Dan Gelber, & Alina T. Hudak

Sandra Schoenlank, Kevin Pulido, & Ari Natter

Eric Andre