City art : New York's Percent for Art Program

Author(s)

• Heartney, Eleanor
• Heiferman, Marvin
• New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Cultural Affairs

Bibliographic Information

City art : New York's Percent for Art Program

essay by Eleanor Heartney ; introduction by Adam Gopnik ; preface by Michael R. Bloomberg ; featured photography by David S. Allee ; edited by Marvin Heiferman

Merrell, 2005

• : pbk.

Note

"New York City Department of Cultural Affairs."

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A complete record of the public art installations sponsored by New York City's Percent for Art Program since 1983 Features two hundred works by nearly as many artists, many of whom are internationally well known, including Vito Acconci, Dennis Adams, Siah Armajani, Alice Aycock, Dawoud Bey, Scott Burton, Jackie Ferrara, Komar & Melamid, Matt Mullican, Pat Steir, Fred Tomaselli, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Carrie Mae Weems, Fred Wilson and Krzysztof Wodiczko Includes interior and exterior permanent art installations at schools, parks, playgrounds, courthouses and other sites throughout New York City's five boroughs Foreword by Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, and specially commissioned photography by celebrated New York-based architectural photographer David S. Allee A stunning book that will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art, architecture, urban issues and culture

Table of Contents

• Foreword .. Michael Bloomberg, .. Mayor of The City of New York .. Introduction .. Art in the City .. Adam Gopnik .. Essay .. The City as Laboratory: Two Decades of New York's Percent for Art Program, Eleanor Heartney .. Interviews .. Kate D. Levin, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, New York City .. On public art, civic discourse, and daily life .. Ed Koch, Mayor of New York, 1976-1989 .. On why New York needed a citywide public art program .. Ronay Menschel, Executive Administrator of New York City, 1978-1982
• Metropolitan Transit Authority Board Member, 1979-1990 .. On establishing the Percent for Art program and its legacy .. Harriet F. Senie, Director of Museum Studies, Professor of Art History, The City College, The City University of New York .. On public art and its challenges .. Margarita Hunt-Pejada, District Manager, Community Board 4, The Bronx .. On the community's role in the public art process .. Henry Cobb, Architect, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners .. On the relationship of architects to public art projects .. Ursula vonRydingsvard, Artist .. On responding to architecture and the public art process .. Vinnie Medungo, Class of 2004, Port Richmond High School, Staten Island .. On a student's response to public art

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA85112039
• ISBN:
  • 185894290X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 240 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Percent for Art Program (New York, N.Y.)
  • LCSH : Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York
  • LCSH : Art, Modern -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Art, Modern -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Art patronage -- New York (State) -- New York