Research Catalog

Title

City art : New York's Percent for Art Program / essay by Eleanor Heartney ; introduction by Adam Gopnik ; preface by Michael R. Bloomberg ; featured photography by David S. Allee ; edited by Marvin Heiferman.

Author

Heartney, Eleanor, 1954-

Publication

London ; New York : Merrell, 2005.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Heiferman, Marvin
• New York (N.Y.). Department of Cultural Affairs.

Description

240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 28 cm.

Summary

"Documents the ... range of Percent for Art projects and their artists ... photographs of the artworks ... accompany each work's 'fact sheet' ... also features informative and engaging interviews with artists, community members, arts administrators, and others, exploring how art enriches civic life and personal experience"--Cover.

Subject

• Art patronage > New York
• Art, American > New York
• Art, Modern > 20th century
• Art, Modern > 21st century
• Percent for Art Program (New York, N.Y.)
• Public art > New York > Pictorial works
• Public art > New York

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Note

• "New York City Department of Cultural Affairs."
• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: art in the city / Adam Gopnik -- The city as laboratory: two decades of New York's Percent for Art Program / Eleanor Heartney -- Interviews: Kate D. Levin -- Vinnie Medugno -- Completed projects / Vito Acconci [and others] -- Projects in progress / Willie Cole [and others] Edward I. Koch -- Margarita Hunt-Tejada -- Ronay Menschel -- Ursula von Rydingsvard -- Henry Cobb -- Harriet F. Senie -- Interview with Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle -- Interview with Meg Webster -- Interview with Nari Ward -- Interview with Dennis Adams -- Interview with Mierle Laderman Ukeles -- Timeline of Percent for Art Program, New York City.

ISBN

185894290X (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library