Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Subway Art 64-68 Upper West

The subway station in my area is the Lincoln center station. The art installation is made by Nancy Spero. There are several scenes under the same topic. According to the MTA website, the name is Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers 2001. 
It is made of glass, ceramic mosaic on platform walls. According to the website, this series is made to celebreate Lincoln center’s opera, ballet, and classical music halls- and the “vibrant, artistic character of the Upper West Side neighborhood.” The images of women both real and mythical. Without knowing this, I would recogonize the theme from its appearance. The theme of performing art is very apparent and it is easy to associate with the Lincoln center location.
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