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Press Release
Participating Artists
Sponsorship
Location
Public
Art Fund and the Commons Associates are proud to present a new
exhibition of contemporary art at MetroTech Center. Parklife
continues MetroTech's commitment to supporting the work of emerging
New York artists. Each year artists are asked to respond to the
Commons, the public spaces surrounding the vibrant downtown areas
of MetroTech Center and Brooklyn Polytechnic. The artists selected
for this year's exhibition - Isidro
Blasco, Liz Craft, Peter
Gould, Elke Lehmann,
and Franco Mondini-Ruiz
- have each created new works that react to the area's landscaped
surroundings.
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Isidro
Blasco - After the End
For
the Lobby at MetroTech One, Blasco transforms the notion of
a "tree house" into a literal endeavor. Taking the
shape of a tree as a basis, he has substituted the trunk,
branches, and leaf canopy with pine wood palettes and photographs
that depict several rooms in his apartment.
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Liz
Craft - Lasso of Love
Lasso
of Love, a cast bronze sculpture, is characteristic of
Liz Craft's playful yet accomplished approach to art-making.
A thick rope, rising upward from its coiled base to form a
lasso loop, dangles with twelve larger-than-life charms. ...More
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Peter
Gould - The Crooked Mile
For
The Crooked Mile, Gould has exaggerated this rather
mundane interaction with nature-the everyday foot traffic
of people short-cutting across the lawn-by upgrading the casually
worn path to a fully landscaped element. ...More
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Elke
Lehmann - Black and White Tree
For
Black and White Tree, a site-specific project at MetroTech
Center, Lehmann has focused on a single tree, one of the dozens
of trees that line the perimeter of the Commons. Lehmann made
black-and-white photographic reproductions of the tree's leaves.
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Franco
Mondini-Ruiz - Polvo en el Viento (Dust in the Wind)
For
the lobby of MetroTech Center One, Mondini-Ruiz has created
Polvo en el Viento (Dust in the Wind). Working with
a local Peruvian-Ecuadorian band, he made a life-size, photographic
cut-out of an Andean flute band in concert. ...More
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Sponsorship
Parklife at MetroTech Center is part of an ongoing program
organized by the Public Art Fund and sponsored by MetroTech Commons
Associates, an organization that consists of MetroTech companies
Bear Stearns & Company, KeySpan Energy, JP Morgan Chase Bank,
Forest City Ratner Companies, Polytechnic University, Securities
Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), DOITT and E-911. Special
thanks to First New York Management.
Public Art Fund is a non-profit arts organization supported in
part with public funds from The New York State Council on the
Arts, a State Agency, and the City of New York Department of Cultural
Affairs and through generous contributions from corporations,
foundations, and individuals.
Location
MetroTech Center is situated in the in the Civic Center/Borough
Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn.
By Subway: M, N, or R to Lawrence Street Station or the A, C,
or F to Jay Street/Borough Hall, exit at Myrtle Promenade.
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