Mad. Sq. Art: Orly Genger Through September 8, 2013 June/July 2013 Genger transforms high-strength nylon rope into monolithic sculptures that hold obdurate mass and organic softness in an elemental tension. Looped and knotted by hand, these elaborate works evoke the intimate crafts of knitting and crocheting but expand them to epic proportions – it takes… Read more
May 9, 2013
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ARTINFO Interview: Orly Genger’s Waves of Color in Madison Square Park
Orly Genger’s “Red, Yellow and Blue” (2013) at Madison Square Park. Photo by James Ewing/ Courtesy of the Madison Square Park Conservancy. By Kristen Boatright Published: May 9, 2013 Bringing a nautical feel to Manhattan’s Madison Square Park, New York-based artist Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue is splashing the park with the primary colors… Read more
May 2, 2013
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Mad. Sq. Artist Orly Genger Featured in The New York Times
Artist Orly Genger in her studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times. May 1, 2013 By Carol Kino “If I could put my body into my work,” Orly Genger likes to say, “that would be the ultimate.” Some might argue that she does that already in her sculptures. Over the last 10 years,… Read more
March 22, 2013
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Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder’s Topsy-Turvy Interview in Brooklyn Rail
FROM A DARK ROOM SANDRA GIBSON AND LUIS RECODER with Genevieve Yue Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation on view in Madison Square Park March 1 – April 5, 2013 For their first public art commission, Brooklyn-based artists Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder conceived Topsy-Turvy, a cylindrical camera obscura in Madison Square Park that projects on… Read more
January 8, 2013
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The New York Times: BUCKYBALL Rings in the New Year
Mad. Sq. Art’s current exhibition by world-renowned exhibition BUCKYBALL by light installation artist Leo Villareal was recently featured in the New York Times’s “Evening Hours“! Open daily from dusk ’til midnight through February 15, be sure not to miss the last month of this critically-acclaimed exhibition, which was named one of the best things to… Read more
November 5, 2012
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BUCKYBALL Lights Up the City!
World-renowned light installation artist Leo Villareal‘s long-awaited BUCKYBALL is currently on view at Madison Square Park! Named one of Time Out New York‘s Critics’ Picks, it was also featured on NY1 and Wall Street Journal’s New York Photos of the Week. Be sure to come by and visit Villareal’s monumental, 30-foot tall LED sculptural installation… Read more
October 5, 2012
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Buzz Over BUCKYBALL
The Mad. Sq. Park offices have been abuzz for months over Leo Villareal’s BUCKYBALL, Mad. Sq. Art’s upcoming public art installation – and we aren’t the only ones! The 30-foot tall illuminated sculpture inspired by engineer, theorist, and architect Buckminster Fuller has received some great pre-opening press over the last few months and garnered interest… Read more
July 24, 2012
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Serious Eats on Celebrate Flatiron Chefs!
Donny Tsang of Serious Eats reports on Madison Square Park’s event, Celebrate Flatiron Chefs!, with photographs in his article Scenes from ‘Celebrate Flatiron Chefs’ Published: July 18, 2012 Last night, chefs from 27 restaurants took over Madison Square Park to celebrate the Flatiron District and all of the dining options in the area. Guests were… Read more
July 16, 2012
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The Wall Street Journal: Revival Started at Madison Square Park
Sophia Hollander of The Wall Street Journal reports on the resurgence of historic Madison Square Park over the past decade. Check out the documentary video included! Published: July 13, 2012 Revival Started at Madison Square Park When David Berliner moved to Manhattan’s West 24th Street in 1993, he would walk blocks out of his way… Read more
July 9, 2012
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Mad. Sq. Art Announces New Martin Friedman Curator
NY Observer raises a Shake Shack Shake to Mad. Sq. Art’s inaugural Martin Friedman Curator, Adam Glick! Adam D. Glick Image courtesy of Taylor Wallick Raise a Shake Shack Shake to Adam Glick, Madison Square Park’s New Curator By Sarah Douglas In March, the Madison Square Park Conservancy’s public art program announced that it had created… Read more
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