Wachtell on the arts olafur eliasson biography
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Public Art Fund, in collaboration with the City of New York, presents The New York City Waterfalls, a major new work of public art by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson (b.1967, Copenhagen, Denmark). The exhibition of four man-made waterfalls of monumental scale is on view until October 13 at four sites on the shores of the New York waterfront: one on the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge; one on the Brooklyn Piers, between Piers 4 and 5 near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade; one in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35, north of the Manhattan Bridge; and one on the north shore of Governors Island. The 90-to 120-foot-tall Waterfalls that have been erected on the shoreline operate from 5:30 to 9pm on Mondays and Wednesdays and from 12:30 to 9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays through Sundays. They are lit after sunset.
“Large-scale public art is a part of what makes New York City the cultural center of the world. It excites New Yorkers and encourages visitors from aroun
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MARCH 10, 2009 – NEWYORK: The LED lights used to illuminate The New York City Waterfalls after sundown will find a new home at Atlanta Ballet’s new headquarters. Public Art Fund will donate 40 LED fixtures to Atlanta Ballet, fulfilling the commitment to reuse ninety percent (90%) of The New York City Waterfalls’ construction materials in other construction projects. Now a part of this historic planerat arbete will live on in Atlanta.
The New York City Waterfalls is one of the most ambitious works of public art ever created. Public Art Fund was able to transform the artistic framtidsperspektiv of internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson into this monumental art project bygd working in collaboration with the City of New York, and in partnership with Tishman Construction Corporation and a team of almost 200 engineers, designers, project managers, consultants, permitting specialists, electricians, construction workers and others who worked on the project for over two years.
The LED lig
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Images, in order of appearance:
Forrest Myers
The Wall, 1973
Photo: Joel Peter Witkin
Richard Haas
Arcade, 1978
Alex Katz
Nine Women, 1977
Photo: Chuck De Laney
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (It’s a small world but not if you have to clean it), 2000
Photo: Dennis Cowley
Neon Park
California Billboards, 1981
Photo: Donna Svennevik
Jerry Johnson
Oceana, 1979
Photo: Donna Svennevik
Jack Frost
California Billboards, 1981
Photo by: Donna Svennevik
Matthew Geller
Untitled, 1982
Part of Messages to the Public exhibition
Photo: John Marchael
Artwork courtesy of: Jane Dickson, Project Initiator and Animator
Bill Sullivan
Untitled, 1982
Part of Messages to the Public exhibition
Photo: John Marchael
Artwork courtesy of: Jane Dickson, Project Initiator and Animator
Jack Goldstein
Untitled, 1984
Part of Messages to the Public exhibition
Artwork courtesy of: Jane Dickson, Project Initiator and Animator
Robin Winters
No Joke/Reasons to Believe, 1989
Part of Messages