Artists Explore Concrete Across Cities

Two artists are using concrete as a central medium in work shaped by their surroundings and personal practice. In San Francisco, Alicia Escott developed an interactive installation after a 12-week residency with the city’s Environment Department, incorporating fractured sidewalk, river pebbles and other materials to prompt reflection on concrete and circularity. In New York’s East Village, Glenn Booth has spent years making heavy, layered concrete paintings, while recovering from a fall that shattered his ankle and lower leg and has required six operations.