Alice Adams Globe
City Hall Park
October 23, 1980 - September 27, 1981
About the Exhibition
Alice Adams’ Globe was created as a special project installation for P.S.1, where it was on view earlier this year. The 15’ x 17’ piece, which was constructed employing mortise and tenon joinery, is made of oak beams, laminated Cyprus, and pinewood. Adams (b. 1930, New York City, NY) remarked that Globe derives from her interest in timber construction of the 16th-century. The title refers specifically to the Globe Theatre in London, an example of such architecture, which housed Shakespeare’s company.
Photo Gallery
City Hall Park
This is the third sculpture by a prominent New York artist to be displayed on this site in an ongoing exhibition program sponsored by the Public Art Fund in coordination with the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Mayor’s Office.
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