Current installation in the Flatiron Gallery.
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The living room decor at the Discovering Columbus Installation.
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Pink pop culture wallpaper covering the walls of the Discovering Columbus Installation. Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, Elvis, The Empire State Building…..
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Christopher Columbus as the centerpiece of this installation by Tatzu Nishi. It was pretty awesome to be sitting in a living room built around a statue that is typically out of reach by everyone except the pigeons. No touching however. Here are some views as I take a lap around the statue. Detail shots in upcoming posts.
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A rare opportunity to get up close to the Christopher Columbus Statue at Columbus Circle which stands on top of a tall column pedestal out of reach on any other day. Tatzu Nishi built a living room around the statue of Columbus for everyone to sit, relax and admire the statue and the great views of the Upper West Side and Central Park. Here are views of the approach to the installation–a little room atop scaffolding that is equally as geometrically cool as what is inside. The exhibit is free. Tickets available online. The exhibit is ongoing until November 18th and I highly recommend going if you have time! See other posts for interior shots.
UPDATE: open for 2 extra weeks due to popular demand!
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A beautiful piece by Gerri Davis. Amazing movement captured
An excerpt from this year’s Gowanus Ballroom Art Show
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Excerpt from the Gowanus Ballroom Art Show this year.
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“Big Kastenmann” by Erwin Wurm on display below the Highline near the southern entrance.
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Stripes! A new take on the statue of David in the Meatpacking district.
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Yayoi Kusama’s “Yellow Trees” as a construction barricade in the Meatpacking District.
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Detail shots of Nancy Spero’s “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” Mosaic Tile piece in the Lincoln Center subway stop on the 1, 2, 3 train.
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Detail shots of Nancy Spero’s “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” Mosaic Tile piece in the Lincoln Center subway stop on the 1, 2, 3 train.
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Detail shots of Nancy Spero’s “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” Mosaic Tile piece in the Lincoln Center subway stop on the 1, 2, 3 train.
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Detail shots of Nancy Spero “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” Mosaic Tile piece in the Lincoln Center subway stop on the 1, 2, 3 train.
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“Randomland” currently on display in the gallery at the Flatiron Building.
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A viewing from the Chelsea galleries
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Just submitted a proposal for the Nuit Blanche 2012 Bring to Light Festival along the Brooklyn Waterfront with Artist/Architect Raylene Gorum and Lighting Designer Paul Hudson. The above images are some of the items from the submission as well as partial full scale mock up with colored to study the light and reflective qualities of each deconstructed “crane” on itself and architectural space. The site we chose was an old rope factory in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Wish us luck in winning a final spot in the Festival! Here is a description of our installation:
“1000+ Cranes of Light”
Proposal for Nuit Blanche 2012
Bring to Light festival of illuminated installations on the Brooklyn waterfront
by Raylene Gorum, Vivien Chin + Paul Hudson
We are proposing an installation for the breezeway at 67 West Street that uses physical materials and form to articulate the light and highlight the unique architectural properties of this specific site. This installation will take the general form of a flock of shiny origami cranes suspended on fishing wire rising up from the ground floor of the alleyway through the 4 story balconies above. They will be made out of highly reflective mylar which will be bathed in colored light and animate the alley in shimmering watery reflections. The effect will be that of a wall of light shattered into dynamic prisms. The details will reveal what those in theatrical lighting refer to as a “revelation of form”.
The “flock” starts at the ground level with the first steps of the origami fold. The pieces/birds increase in complexity as the flock rises through the four balconies above until it finally takes its finished bird form. The resulting three-dimensional “fabric” is composed of permuations of this modular bird base and weaves through the balcony side of the breezeway. It’s an homage to both the poetry of flight and the process of construction/deconstuction.
Contrast is key here – these cranes will act as beacons of colorful flittering light in an otherwise compressed and low-lit space. The piece itself is at once massive (22′ wide and over 60′ high) and massless (being made of feather weight materials and defying gravity). We also understand that many of the other installations will be large streetside projections and offer this as a delicately constructed analog counterpoint to be discovered in the intimate setting of this unique industrial breezeway.
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Yayoi Kusama & Louis Vuitton collaboration in SOHO. A hint of what’s to come at the Whitney Museum. En route to the Whitney to check the exhibit out now. Can’t wait! Pattern city!
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Welcome to Beacon, NY. Walking to Dia:Beacon Museum
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