WHAT IS IT ABOUT MAYA LIN THAT MAKES SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS SEEM… IRRELEVANT? While not as monumental as her Vietnam Veterans Memorial, nor as sweeping as her Storm King-based “Bodies of Water,” her “2 x 4 Landscape” installation at PaceWildenstein is pretty breath-taking. Made entirely of two-by-four wood blocks standing vertically, the miniature landscape fills the room like an expanding lung. Around the edges, they stand side by side; closer to the middle, they stack on top of each [...]
Posted in Arts & Events on October 21st, 2009 | 
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ASIDE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT (multiple park rangers, passersby, matrons giving us faulty directions), the 2nd Annual Great Big Wheel Race this past Saturday, which took place at Central Park’s Great Hill this past Saturday, was mad fun. Brainchild of the ever-inventive Newmindspace, participants came with tricycles, skate boards, scooters, kids’ bikes—anything that was small with wheels. Kids, teens, adults, dressed in costumes, took turns riding down the hill. We thought it especially cool how Newmindspace chose [...]
Posted in Arts & Events, The City on October 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
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