(Image from Timessquarenyc..org)There's so much news in the world of public sculpture this AM that I'm dizzy with it all.
New York City is going gangbusters with huge street art on Park Avenue (see earlier post) and the new Times Square Alliance-backed installations.
The first, called the Manhattan Oil Project, recreates two 25' high oil pumps in shiny black and fetching red that are supposed to evoke a pletora of responses from the viewer, who, of course, will "get" the art proposalese explanation by the artist in an instant. Being a new criticism kind of gal, I find this piece particularly difficult to swallow.
Right near the industrial/economic irony that is the MOP stands a quieter piece made of white marble, which does lead the viewer to a certain calmness and peace in the midst of the chaos of that overwrought crossroads.
But to read the proposal statement, you'd never guess it.
So I guess today's theme is all about- what can you really know about a piece of public art/sculpture from reading its proposal???
http://artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54064
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