Liberty Wept is a 6’3” reclaimed-steel reimagining of the Statue of Liberty, created as a lament for the state of the American experiment. Her bowed head and outstretched arm capture a moment of profound grief — a nation’s sentinel overwhelmed by the erosion of the very freedoms she was built to protect.
Forged from discarded metal, the sculpture echoes the fragility of civil liberties in a time of rising authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, and emboldened political extremism. Her torch is missing, dimmed not by lack of resolve, but by the weight of a country struggling under surveillance, censorship, and attacks on bodily autonomy and free expression.
Liberty Wept is not a monument but a warning — a reflection of collective sorrow and a call to vigilance. She stands as a reminder that democracy is not guaranteed; it must be defended, tended, and demanded. In her tears are both mourning and the fierce hope that comes only when the stakes are too high to look away.
Christine Rose 