About thirty public art projects have taken to the streets of New York as part of a city initiative that aims to offer New Yorkers outdoor leisure alternatives during the pandemic.
Called “All In NY: Public Art Edition”, the initiative is part of a New York tourism promotion program designed for New Yorkers themselves in the face of the lack of foreign tourists and the current difficulties in traveling.
“As New York City gradually emerges from the COVID-19 shutdown, and more segments of the economy begin to safely reactivate, we encourage New Yorkers and neighboring communities to enjoy the free public art found in its surroundings, “said Fred Dixon, CEO of” NYC & Company, “the promotion office of the Big Apple, in a statement.
The 30 works, which will be part of the New York landscape, can be seen in parks or on concrete walls, which constitutes a “true testimony of the irrepressible creative spirit of the city”.
“We know how vital art is, not just to our city, but to those who will eventually return from all over the world eager to visit our world-class cultural institutions,” added Dixon.
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Enter the pieces, “The Last Straw”, a work by Jean Shin, which will be exhibited from next September 18 at Brookfield Place, in southern Manhattan, and which takes its name from the saying equivalent to Spanish “the straw that broke the glass ”while closely examining the plastic debris.
It also highlights “Hope Wanted: New York City Under Quarantine”, by Kevin Powell and Kay Hickman, which runs from this week until November 29 and represents the trauma experienced by the city during the coronavirus lockdown.
It is an outdoor photography exhibition of the New York Historical Society, the result of two days of work in April in which Powell and Hickman toured the five boroughs of the city, taking photos and interviewing a large number of New Yorkers .
Also participating is “Liberty Bell”, by Nancy Baker Cahill, exhibited in the Jamaica Bay-Rockaways Natural Park in Queens until July 2021 and which is an abstract drawing with sound elements that reflects on the evolution of freedom, independence and democracy, and encourages viewers to do the same.
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