Art in the Parks

Through collaborations with a diverse group of arts organizations and artists, Parks brings to the public both experimental and traditional art in many park locations. Please browse our list of current exhibits and our archives of past exhibits below. You can also see past grant opportunities or read more about the Art in the Parks Program.

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Boaz Vaadia, Asa, Ba'al & Yizhaq, Yo'ah with Dog, Asaf; and Asaf & Yo'ah, Amaryahu

October 1, 2007 to April 22, 2008
Morningside Park and Broadway Malls at 114th and 117th streets respectively
, Manhattan

Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.

Description:
Boaz Vaadia’s group of bronze and bluestone boulder sculptures placed throughout Morningside Park and two locations on the Broadway Malls create collectively, as the artist says, a “contemplative connection between various communities.” The works are site-specific in that the materials Vaadia uses, slate, shingle, bluestone (here cast in bronze), are all materials that are found in the native geology of the New York City area. Vaadia’s working method of hand-carving and then stacking layers of stone to create his forms recalls ancient methods of stone-carving and construction. For select works, Vaadia then continues the process by casting the original stone sculpture in bronze.