The Awakening is an aluminum statue depicting a giant man desperately struggling to emerge from the earth. Made up of five parts, the giant’s outstretched right arm towers 17 feet above the ground and his bent left leg and knee rise above the earth, while is left hand and right foot just break the surface. His bearded face shows a look of abject terror with his mouth opening to unleash a primal scream. This striking work of art, created by John Seward Johnson II, was originally installed at Hains Point…
