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Battery Park City is home to a world-renowned collection of public art, a central and foundation element of this thriving 92-acre neighborhood. From sculpture like Martin Puryear’s stately Pylons, to Mary Miss’ intriguingly beautiful land and water installation South Cove, to Agnes Denes’ pioneering environmental work Wheatfield – A Confrontation, BPCA has a long history of presenting art from a diverse range of artists that powerfully transforms public space, encourages social cohesion, and promotes awareness about cultural, environmental, and civic challenges. As part of its strategic plan, BPCA has renewed its efforts as a place that cultivates the art for our time, evidenced by recent temporary installations such as Sunrise/Sunset (Revolution) by Autumn Ewalt and Dharmesh Patel, the debut of Blessing of the Boats by Muna Malik, and The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own by Mildred Howard.

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    • JUSTICE REFLECTED

    • Artist: James Yaya Hough Glass and mirror
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    JUSTICE REFLECTED

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Justice Reflected (with James Yaya Hough)

    Created in partnership with the Art for Justice Fund and the Battery Park City Authority.

    Read more in Hyperallergic: NYC Unveils Stained-Glass Works by Formerly Incarcerated Artist

    James Yaya Hough has

    Date: 2022
    Location: Esplanade Plaza Wall.

    • GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    • Artist: Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil Bluestone
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    GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    Within Teardrop Park’s winding paths, up the hillside slopes, under tree canopies and near play areas, visitors encounter subtle and powerful art by Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil. Integrated into the surface of the landscape are four dramatic rock formations, Geologic Sections, that were composed by the artists “to reveal

    Date: 2009
    Location: Teardrop Park

    • Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    • Artists: Autumn Ewalt and Dharmesh Patel Aluminum and glass
    Filler
    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) (with Autumn Ewalt)

    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) originally consisted of nine triptychs of graduated heights that appear to rise and fall like abstract mountains, and correspond to the Sun’s path from east to west horizons. Three thousand prisms, installed

    Currently: Triptych on west side of Rockefeller Park's North Lawn

    Previously: Located at Pier A Plaza (October 2017-October 2019)

    • The Real World

    • Artist: Tom Otterness Bronze
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    The Real World

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The Real World (with Tom Otterness)

    Taking over its corner of the park with gleeful abandon, Tom Otterness’s whimsical sculptural installation entitled The Real World is one of New York’s most popular public artworks. Cast in bronze, the sculptures feature Otterness’s

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pavilion

    • Artist: Demetri Porphyrios Granite, wood, brick & copper
    Filler
    Pavilion

    Rising from the scenic lawns of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, below the junction of River Terrace and Warren Street, The Pavilion occupies a unique position in the landscape, as if negotiating a common ground between the greensward and the city beyond. Because the structure has no walls, both the

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pylons

    • Artist: Martin Puryear Granite & stainless steel
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    Pylons

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Pylons

    Martin Puryear’s stately Pylons rise along the waterfront of the Belvedere, framing the sightlines of the Winter Garden. Both columns are made from stainless steel and are composed from six segments. In their contours they are a study in opposites.

    Installation: 1995
    Location: The Esplanade, just north of North Cove

    • Waterfront Plaza

    • Artists: Siah Armajani & Scott Burton Bronze & steel
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    Waterfront Plaza

    As the first major public waterfront plaza built on the Hudson River, the Plaza was commissioned by the Battery Park City Authority as part of its public art program, and was conceived as a multi-purpose space, providing the pleasure of variety via a range of open space for individuals, intimate

    Architect: Cesar Pelli
    Landscape Architect: M. Paul Friedberg
    Location: West of the Winter Garden (Brookfield Place)

    • Upper Room

    • Artist: Ned Smyth Concrete, glass, gravel & bluestone
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    Upper Room

    Designed by Ned Smyth, Upper Room is a handsome colonnaded court marking the entrance to the Esplanade at Albany Street. At once dignified and playful, reverent and inviting, this self-contained sculptural environment suggests a contemporary reimagining of an ancient Egyptian temple offering stylized sanctuary from the surrounding city even as

    Installation: 1987
    Location: The Esplanade, at Albany Street

    • Rector Gate

    • Artist: R.M. Fischer Stainless steel, bronze, granite
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    Rector Gate

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Rector Gate (with R.M. Fischer)

    R.M. Fischer’s Rector Gate is a festive archway marking the intersection of Rector Place and the Hudson River Esplanade. Built of Steel, bronze, and granite, and rising 50 feet high, the gateway draws its inspiration both from past

    Installation: 1988
    Location: The Esplanade, at Rector Place

    • Sitting Stance

    • Artist: Richard Artschwager Granite, steel & wood
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    Sitting Stance

    Artschwager’s installation consists of five separate pieces situated at the junction of West Thames Street and the Esplanade. At the center is a street lamp shrunken to squat proportions, surrounded by a wooden armature imitating its crown and girded by an upraised circular bench and table. A second circular seating

    Installation: 1998
    Location: The Esplanade, at West Thames Street

    • South Cove

    • Artist: Mary Miss Natural plantings, metal & rock
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    South Cove

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – South Cove (with Mary Miss)

    South Cove is an unusual, meditative recess along the waterfront. Considered one of the country’s most significant public artworks, the work is the result of a unique collaboration between environmental artist Mary Miss, architect Stanton Eckstut

    Installation: 1988
    Landscape Architect: Susan Child
    Architect: Stan Eckstut
    Location: The Esplanade, at South Cove

    • Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    • Artist: Jim Dine Bronze & wood
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    Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Ape & Cat (At the Dance) (with Jim Dine)

    Although they do not have human features, Jim Dine’s Ape & Cat (At the Dance) exude the sort of civility and tenderness to which many urbanites aspire. Made of cast bronze, the figures are

    Installation: 1993
    Location: Rector Park East (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Eyes

    • Artist: Louise Bourgeois Granite
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    Eyes

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Eyes

    Eyes marks a departure for the artist in that the subject, unlike previous treatments, is explored as two large units representing eyes separated from any suggested surrounding physiognomy. Resting directly on the ground a calculated distance from each other, they

    Installation: 1995
    Location: Corner of South End Avenue and the Western Terminus of 3rd Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Resonating Bodies

    • Artist: Tony Cragg Bronze
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    Resonating Bodies

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Resonating Bodies (with Tony Cragg)

    Created by British artist Tony Cragg, Resonating Bodies consists of a pair of bronze sculptures resembling giant musical instruments. One resembles a lute, the other, a tuba. This playful work is based on the concept that all physical

    Installation: 1996
    Location: Western Terminus of Second Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Ulysses

    • Artist: Ugo Attardi Bronze on marble base
    Filler
    Ulysses

    Ugo Attardi’s Ulysses, a figure of warmth and energy is defined by the artist as II Modern Baroque. The body, fierce with beauty and Hellenic elegance is united to, and contrasted with, the helmet-mask, which hides and reveals weakness and complexity in the face of the warrior-hero. The dark mask,

    Installation: 1997
    Location: The Esplanade

    • JUSTICE REFLECTED

    • Artist: James Yaya Hough Glass and mirror
    Filler
    JUSTICE REFLECTED

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Justice Reflected (with James Yaya Hough)

    Created in partnership with the Art for Justice Fund and the Battery Park City Authority.

    Read more in Hyperallergic: NYC Unveils Stained-Glass Works by Formerly Incarcerated Artist

    James Yaya Hough has

    Date: 2022
    Location: Esplanade Plaza Wall.

    • GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    • Artist: Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil Bluestone
    Filler
    GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    Within Teardrop Park’s winding paths, up the hillside slopes, under tree canopies and near play areas, visitors encounter subtle and powerful art by Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil. Integrated into the surface of the landscape are four dramatic rock formations, Geologic Sections, that were composed by the artists “to reveal

    Date: 2009
    Location: Teardrop Park

    • Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    • Artists: Autumn Ewalt and Dharmesh Patel Aluminum and glass
    Filler
    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) (with Autumn Ewalt)

    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) originally consisted of nine triptychs of graduated heights that appear to rise and fall like abstract mountains, and correspond to the Sun’s path from east to west horizons. Three thousand prisms, installed

    Currently: Triptych on west side of Rockefeller Park's North Lawn

    Previously: Located at Pier A Plaza (October 2017-October 2019)

    • The Real World

    • Artist: Tom Otterness Bronze
    Filler
    The Real World

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The Real World (with Tom Otterness)

    Taking over its corner of the park with gleeful abandon, Tom Otterness’s whimsical sculptural installation entitled The Real World is one of New York’s most popular public artworks. Cast in bronze, the sculptures feature Otterness’s

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pavilion

    • Artist: Demetri Porphyrios Granite, wood, brick & copper
    Filler
    Pavilion

    Rising from the scenic lawns of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, below the junction of River Terrace and Warren Street, The Pavilion occupies a unique position in the landscape, as if negotiating a common ground between the greensward and the city beyond. Because the structure has no walls, both the

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pylons

    • Artist: Martin Puryear Granite & stainless steel
    Filler
    Pylons

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Pylons

    Martin Puryear’s stately Pylons rise along the waterfront of the Belvedere, framing the sightlines of the Winter Garden. Both columns are made from stainless steel and are composed from six segments. In their contours they are a study in opposites.

    Installation: 1995
    Location: The Esplanade, just north of North Cove

    • Waterfront Plaza

    • Artists: Siah Armajani & Scott Burton Bronze & steel
    Filler
    Waterfront Plaza

    As the first major public waterfront plaza built on the Hudson River, the Plaza was commissioned by the Battery Park City Authority as part of its public art program, and was conceived as a multi-purpose space, providing the pleasure of variety via a range of open space for individuals, intimate

    Architect: Cesar Pelli
    Landscape Architect: M. Paul Friedberg
    Location: West of the Winter Garden (Brookfield Place)

    • Upper Room

    • Artist: Ned Smyth Concrete, glass, gravel & bluestone
    Filler
    Upper Room

    Designed by Ned Smyth, Upper Room is a handsome colonnaded court marking the entrance to the Esplanade at Albany Street. At once dignified and playful, reverent and inviting, this self-contained sculptural environment suggests a contemporary reimagining of an ancient Egyptian temple offering stylized sanctuary from the surrounding city even as

    Installation: 1987
    Location: The Esplanade, at Albany Street

    • Rector Gate

    • Artist: R.M. Fischer Stainless steel, bronze, granite
    Filler
    Rector Gate

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Rector Gate (with R.M. Fischer)

    R.M. Fischer’s Rector Gate is a festive archway marking the intersection of Rector Place and the Hudson River Esplanade. Built of Steel, bronze, and granite, and rising 50 feet high, the gateway draws its inspiration both from past

    Installation: 1988
    Location: The Esplanade, at Rector Place

    • Sitting Stance

    • Artist: Richard Artschwager Granite, steel & wood
    Filler
    Sitting Stance

    Artschwager’s installation consists of five separate pieces situated at the junction of West Thames Street and the Esplanade. At the center is a street lamp shrunken to squat proportions, surrounded by a wooden armature imitating its crown and girded by an upraised circular bench and table. A second circular seating

    Installation: 1998
    Location: The Esplanade, at West Thames Street

    • South Cove

    • Artist: Mary Miss Natural plantings, metal & rock
    Filler
    South Cove

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – South Cove (with Mary Miss)

    South Cove is an unusual, meditative recess along the waterfront. Considered one of the country’s most significant public artworks, the work is the result of a unique collaboration between environmental artist Mary Miss, architect Stanton Eckstut

    Installation: 1988
    Landscape Architect: Susan Child
    Architect: Stan Eckstut
    Location: The Esplanade, at South Cove

    • Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    • Artist: Jim Dine Bronze & wood
    Filler
    Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Ape & Cat (At the Dance) (with Jim Dine)

    Although they do not have human features, Jim Dine’s Ape & Cat (At the Dance) exude the sort of civility and tenderness to which many urbanites aspire. Made of cast bronze, the figures are

    Installation: 1993
    Location: Rector Park East (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Eyes

    • Artist: Louise Bourgeois Granite
    Filler
    Eyes

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Eyes

    Eyes marks a departure for the artist in that the subject, unlike previous treatments, is explored as two large units representing eyes separated from any suggested surrounding physiognomy. Resting directly on the ground a calculated distance from each other, they

    Installation: 1995
    Location: Corner of South End Avenue and the Western Terminus of 3rd Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Resonating Bodies

    • Artist: Tony Cragg Bronze
    Filler
    Resonating Bodies

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Resonating Bodies (with Tony Cragg)

    Created by British artist Tony Cragg, Resonating Bodies consists of a pair of bronze sculptures resembling giant musical instruments. One resembles a lute, the other, a tuba. This playful work is based on the concept that all physical

    Installation: 1996
    Location: Western Terminus of Second Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Ulysses

    • Artist: Ugo Attardi Bronze on marble base
    Filler
    Ulysses

    Ugo Attardi’s Ulysses, a figure of warmth and energy is defined by the artist as II Modern Baroque. The body, fierce with beauty and Hellenic elegance is united to, and contrasted with, the helmet-mask, which hides and reveals weakness and complexity in the face of the warrior-hero. The dark mask,

    Installation: 1997
    Location: The Esplanade

    • JUSTICE REFLECTED

    • Artist: James Yaya Hough Glass and mirror
    Filler
    JUSTICE REFLECTED

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Justice Reflected (with James Yaya Hough)

    Created in partnership with the Art for Justice Fund and the Battery Park City Authority.

    Read more in Hyperallergic: NYC Unveils Stained-Glass Works by Formerly Incarcerated Artist

    James Yaya Hough has

    Date: 2022
    Location: Esplanade Plaza Wall.

    • GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    • Artist: Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil Bluestone
    Filler
    GEOLOGIC SECTIONS

    Within Teardrop Park’s winding paths, up the hillside slopes, under tree canopies and near play areas, visitors encounter subtle and powerful art by Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil. Integrated into the surface of the landscape are four dramatic rock formations, Geologic Sections, that were composed by the artists “to reveal

    Date: 2009
    Location: Teardrop Park

    • Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    • Artists: Autumn Ewalt and Dharmesh Patel Aluminum and glass
    Filler
    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) (with Autumn Ewalt)

    Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution) originally consisted of nine triptychs of graduated heights that appear to rise and fall like abstract mountains, and correspond to the Sun’s path from east to west horizons. Three thousand prisms, installed

    Currently: Triptych on west side of Rockefeller Park's North Lawn

    Previously: Located at Pier A Plaza (October 2017-October 2019)

    • The Real World

    • Artist: Tom Otterness Bronze
    Filler
    The Real World

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The Real World (with Tom Otterness)

    Taking over its corner of the park with gleeful abandon, Tom Otterness’s whimsical sculptural installation entitled The Real World is one of New York’s most popular public artworks. Cast in bronze, the sculptures feature Otterness’s

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pavilion

    • Artist: Demetri Porphyrios Granite, wood, brick & copper
    Filler
    Pavilion

    Rising from the scenic lawns of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, below the junction of River Terrace and Warren Street, The Pavilion occupies a unique position in the landscape, as if negotiating a common ground between the greensward and the city beyond. Because the structure has no walls, both the

    Installation: 1992
    Location: Rockefeller Park

    • Pylons

    • Artist: Martin Puryear Granite & stainless steel
    Filler
    Pylons

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Pylons

    Martin Puryear’s stately Pylons rise along the waterfront of the Belvedere, framing the sightlines of the Winter Garden. Both columns are made from stainless steel and are composed from six segments. In their contours they are a study in opposites.

    Installation: 1995
    Location: The Esplanade, just north of North Cove

    • Waterfront Plaza

    • Artists: Siah Armajani & Scott Burton Bronze & steel
    Filler
    Waterfront Plaza

    As the first major public waterfront plaza built on the Hudson River, the Plaza was commissioned by the Battery Park City Authority as part of its public art program, and was conceived as a multi-purpose space, providing the pleasure of variety via a range of open space for individuals, intimate

    Architect: Cesar Pelli
    Landscape Architect: M. Paul Friedberg
    Location: West of the Winter Garden (Brookfield Place)

    • Upper Room

    • Artist: Ned Smyth Concrete, glass, gravel & bluestone
    Filler
    Upper Room

    Designed by Ned Smyth, Upper Room is a handsome colonnaded court marking the entrance to the Esplanade at Albany Street. At once dignified and playful, reverent and inviting, this self-contained sculptural environment suggests a contemporary reimagining of an ancient Egyptian temple offering stylized sanctuary from the surrounding city even as

    Installation: 1987
    Location: The Esplanade, at Albany Street

    • Rector Gate

    • Artist: R.M. Fischer Stainless steel, bronze, granite
    Filler
    Rector Gate

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Rector Gate (with R.M. Fischer)

    R.M. Fischer’s Rector Gate is a festive archway marking the intersection of Rector Place and the Hudson River Esplanade. Built of Steel, bronze, and granite, and rising 50 feet high, the gateway draws its inspiration both from past

    Installation: 1988
    Location: The Esplanade, at Rector Place

    • Sitting Stance

    • Artist: Richard Artschwager Granite, steel & wood
    Filler
    Sitting Stance

    Artschwager’s installation consists of five separate pieces situated at the junction of West Thames Street and the Esplanade. At the center is a street lamp shrunken to squat proportions, surrounded by a wooden armature imitating its crown and girded by an upraised circular bench and table. A second circular seating

    Installation: 1998
    Location: The Esplanade, at West Thames Street

    • South Cove

    • Artist: Mary Miss Natural plantings, metal & rock
    Filler
    South Cove

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – South Cove (with Mary Miss)

    South Cove is an unusual, meditative recess along the waterfront. Considered one of the country’s most significant public artworks, the work is the result of a unique collaboration between environmental artist Mary Miss, architect Stanton Eckstut

    Installation: 1988
    Landscape Architect: Susan Child
    Architect: Stan Eckstut
    Location: The Esplanade, at South Cove

    • Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    • Artist: Jim Dine Bronze & wood
    Filler
    Ape & Cat (At the Dance)

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Ape & Cat (At the Dance) (with Jim Dine)

    Although they do not have human features, Jim Dine’s Ape & Cat (At the Dance) exude the sort of civility and tenderness to which many urbanites aspire. Made of cast bronze, the figures are

    Installation: 1993
    Location: Rector Park East (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Eyes

    • Artist: Louise Bourgeois Granite
    Filler
    Eyes

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – Eyes

    Eyes marks a departure for the artist in that the subject, unlike previous treatments, is explored as two large units representing eyes separated from any suggested surrounding physiognomy. Resting directly on the ground a calculated distance from each other, they

    Installation: 1995
    Location: Corner of South End Avenue and the Western Terminus of 3rd Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Resonating Bodies

    • Artist: Tony Cragg Bronze
    Filler
    Resonating Bodies

    WATCH: Public Art on Video – Resonating Bodies (with Tony Cragg)

    Created by British artist Tony Cragg, Resonating Bodies consists of a pair of bronze sculptures resembling giant musical instruments. One resembles a lute, the other, a tuba. This playful work is based on the concept that all physical

    Installation: 1996
    Location: Western Terminus of Second Place (temporary location during South Battery Park City Resiliency construction)

    • Ulysses

    • Artist: Ugo Attardi Bronze on marble base
    Filler
    Ulysses

    Ugo Attardi’s Ulysses, a figure of warmth and energy is defined by the artist as II Modern Baroque. The body, fierce with beauty and Hellenic elegance is united to, and contrasted with, the helmet-mask, which hides and reveals weakness and complexity in the face of the warrior-hero. The dark mask,

    Installation: 1997
    Location: The Esplanade

Past/Temporary Art

    • Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    • Artist: Muna Malik
    Filler
    Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    Artist Muna Malik’s Blessing of the Boats, a 20-foot, mirrored acrylic origami-style boat into which each participant would place a folded origami onto which they had responded to the following prompt: We have an opportunity to set sail toward a new future; what society would you build and how do

    Date: August 2020

    • THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    • Artist: Mildred Howard Painted automotive steel and laminated glass
    Filler
    THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own (with Mildred Howard)

    The notion of home and its meanings has been an ongoing investigation in Mildred Howard’s art for decades. The California-based artist’s prints, sculpture and mixed media

    Created: 2011
    Installed: 2020 (on loan from the Sacramento County Department of Airports)
    Location: Belvedere Plaza

    • Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    • Artist: Agnes Denes
    Filler
    Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    In 1982, Agnes Denes planted a two-acre field of golden wheat on a segment of the Battery Park City landfill as a powerful paradoxical statement, drawing attention to issues of waste, world hunger, and ecological concerns. This public piece, along with the art show series “Art on the Beach” organized

    • Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    • Artist: Muna Malik
    Filler
    Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    Artist Muna Malik’s Blessing of the Boats, a 20-foot, mirrored acrylic origami-style boat into which each participant would place a folded origami onto which they had responded to the following prompt: We have an opportunity to set sail toward a new future; what society would you build and how do

    Date: August 2020

    • THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    • Artist: Mildred Howard Painted automotive steel and laminated glass
    Filler
    THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own (with Mildred Howard)

    The notion of home and its meanings has been an ongoing investigation in Mildred Howard’s art for decades. The California-based artist’s prints, sculpture and mixed media

    Created: 2011
    Installed: 2020 (on loan from the Sacramento County Department of Airports)
    Location: Belvedere Plaza

    • Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    • Artist: Agnes Denes
    Filler
    Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    In 1982, Agnes Denes planted a two-acre field of golden wheat on a segment of the Battery Park City landfill as a powerful paradoxical statement, drawing attention to issues of waste, world hunger, and ecological concerns. This public piece, along with the art show series “Art on the Beach” organized

    • Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    • Artist: Muna Malik
    Filler
    Blessing of the Boats: River to River

    Artist Muna Malik’s Blessing of the Boats, a 20-foot, mirrored acrylic origami-style boat into which each participant would place a folded origami onto which they had responded to the following prompt: We have an opportunity to set sail toward a new future; what society would you build and how do

    Date: August 2020

    • THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    • Artist: Mildred Howard Painted automotive steel and laminated glass
    Filler
    THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT PASS FOR ANY COLOR THAN ITS OWN

    WATCH: BPCA Presents: Public Art on Video – The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own (with Mildred Howard)

    The notion of home and its meanings has been an ongoing investigation in Mildred Howard’s art for decades. The California-based artist’s prints, sculpture and mixed media

    Created: 2011
    Installed: 2020 (on loan from the Sacramento County Department of Airports)
    Location: Belvedere Plaza

    • Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    • Artist: Agnes Denes
    Filler
    Wheatfield, A Confrontation

    In 1982, Agnes Denes planted a two-acre field of golden wheat on a segment of the Battery Park City landfill as a powerful paradoxical statement, drawing attention to issues of waste, world hunger, and ecological concerns. This public piece, along with the art show series “Art on the Beach” organized