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Roxy Paine, Conjoined, 2007 Photo by Jason Mandella, Courtesy James Cohan Gallery

Roxy Paine, Conjoined, Defunct, and Erratic

May 15, 2007 to February 28, 2008
Madison Square Park, Manhattan

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

Description:

Roxy Paine’s three works: Conjoined, a 40 foot-tall sculpture of two intertwined trees; Defunct, a 42 foot-tall sculpture of a lone tree that appears to be under attack from the shelf-fungus growing on it’s trunk; and Erratic, a boulder measuring 7 feet high by 15 feet wide, are part of a larger series of works by the artist. These works come out of the artist’s interest in the interactions between humans and nature and specifically from Paine’s examination of nature through the lens of industrial processes.

Presented by Mad. Sq. Art, a program of the Madison Square Park Conservancy.