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New Sculptures at Pearl Street Triangle in Dumbo

July 3rd, 2009

Kupencow

Last night, the Dumbo Improvement District, in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Urban Art Program, installed the work of Dumbo resident and artist Eleanora Kupencow, entitled “Horsing Around the Arrows of Time,” in the Pearl Street Triangle. Per the Dumbo Improvement District’s press statement:

Adjacent to the Manhattan Bridge and DOT’s iron shop and fabricated out of powder-coated steel, the bold and colorful sculptures pay homage to DUMBO’s manufacturing and industrial story.

The four pieces in “Horsing Around the Arrows of Time” were designed individually – the Purple King, the Blue Thinker, the Magenta Acrobats and the Green Mother Earth. When arranged in a group, the sculptures work together to create a feeling of movement and energy.

The pieces bring more color to the triangle and has cool detailing. Check it out at the Pearl Street Triangle (Pearl Street between Water and Front Street).

Kupencow

{Photo set on Flickr}
{Press Release (PDF)}

Filed in Dumbo Art, Dumbo Improvement, Pearl Street, Streetart at 8:48 am
Comments
  • I think it's a stretch to say this decorative stuff pays homage to the broad shouldered industry that used to be located here. These ornaments are more indicative of the limp wristed superficiality that exists here now. The "message" is that of Style over Content.
  • dg
    agree, its geigh
  • eric
    These look great if you see them in person. The paint has a beautiful metallic look and the colors work with the bizarre green on the ground and the blue of the umbrellas. They are fun and interesting forms. Man, people can be so critical on this site! What are 'dg' and 'loose stool' contributing to the neighborhood? (I'm sure they will come up with some smart ass answer). Thanks to the artist Eleanora for bringing these sculpture to the neighborhood scene.
  • dumbostreets
    ah, yes... the good old days of "broad shouldered" art placing content before style... ????

    Last I checked the most broad-shouldered artists don't even believe in content... much less style.

    If art which is too "gay" bothers you, you need to live on another planet.

    That's not to say you have to like the sculpture... but if there is anything worse than bad art it's lazy criticism.
  • Truman
    eric and dumbostreets are right. These sculptures at once conjure the industrial strength of Richard Serra and the existential angst of Alberto Giacometti. They are a true complement to the painted cement. Let us all thank the hard-working members of the Dumbo Bid, especially real estate lobbyist Ray Levin and slumlord-cum-pyromaniac Josh Guttman.
  • hs
    As a white collar condo dweller that most artists feel are a toxin to this hood, I these pieces absolutely fabulous
  • JBrooks
    A great addition to the triangle, they should be on a rotating basis. And why did J Condo get their own???
  • JBrooks
    also, does anyone know what happened to the bronze sculptor on the hill??
  • loose stool
    The bronze was melted down for Chastity Bono's chastity belt.
  • dumbostreets
    Complaints about new residents typically do not come from artists that actually support themselves by making art. If you operate a studio at a loss and the rents go up then it is not just a matter of your neighbors messing things up for you. If you believe you are entitled to submarket rates forever simply because the social role you fulfill as an artist, then you really should be planning the revolution, not whining about how you can't make a sale to prospective collectors living down the block.

    Part of the problem is that art schools train artists to be extremely passive or flat-out stupid about studio practice. They'll crawl over each other to become a ward of a gallery, but they can't be bothered to develop any kind of model (radical or not) that doesn't ultimately rely on patronage. Same old, same old.
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