{"id":406,"date":"2011-08-12T21:44:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.universytv.it\/?p=406"},"modified":"2011-08-12T21:44:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:44:32","slug":"steinunn-thorarinsdottir-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.universytv.it\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"Steinunn Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Borders, c James Ewing 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the exhibition BORDERS<\/em> by Steinunn Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir in Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Plaza from March 24 through September 30, 2011. The installation features twenty-six androgynous, life–<\/strong>size sculptures, thirteen aluminum and thirteen cast iron, which extend throughout the park from First to Second Avenue on East 47th<\/sup> Street. BORDERS<\/em> will be the park\u2019s largest exhibition to date and the first exhibition to incorporate the entire park.<\/p>\n

\u201cDag Hammarskjold Plaza is the gateway to the United Nations and a hub of international activity that serves thousands of people and hosts hundreds of political events each year,\u201d said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe.\u00a0 \u201cThe new public art installation, BORDERS<\/em>, will connect many diverse constituencies to new artistic experiences.\u00a0 It will foster conversation and provide a significant backdrop for daily events at this public space.\u201d<\/p>\n

BORDERS<\/em> was created specifically for Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Plaza and directly responds to the park\u2019s design and infrastructure, as well as the United Nations headquarters located <\/strong>at the eastern end of the park. Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir\u2019s figures, standing along the main park corridor and seated on park benches, mirror each other in silent conversation and form unseen borders that visitors are welcome to cross\u2014serving as ambassadors between sculptures. The exhibition addresses humanity and cultural diversity, an exceptionally appropriate theme for one of the most culturally and politically active sites in all of New York City.<\/p>\n

Steinunn Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir (b.1955) studied at the University of Portsmouth Fine Art Department in England and the Accademia di Belle Arte in Bologna, Italy. She has been working professionally for over 30 years and has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan, the United States,<\/strong> and Australia. Her works are in private, public,<\/strong> and corporate collections around the world. <\/strong>She has completed commissions at Leifur Eir\u00edksson International Airport, Iceland,<\/strong> and the two-part memorial Voyage<\/em> in Hull, England,<\/strong> and Vik, Iceland among others.\u00a0 Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir recently finished a 9 meter high sculpture for the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.\u00a0 Her exhibition Horizons<\/em> which was first exhibited in early 2007 at the Katonah Museum, New York has since traveled to six venues. Among them are the Dixon Museum and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee; and Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Illinois.\u00a0 On January 31, 2011, Horizons<\/em> inaugurated the new sculpture garden of the Georgia Museum of Art where it will be on view through June 30, 2011. Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland.<\/p>\n

Steinunn Th\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttir is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to be exhibited with the Department of Parks & Recreation, including Robert Indiana, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Oppenheim, Beverly Pepper, and Jessica Stockholder. Parks & Recreation\u2019s public art program has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in parks throughout the five boroughs. Since 1967, collaborations with arts organizations and artists have produced hundreds of public art projects in New York City parks.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Scott White Contemporary Art, Friends of Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Plaza, the Consul General of Iceland in New York City, the Icelandic Embassy in Washington, D.C., The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, Iceland Naturally, Visit Iceland, Visit Reykjavik, Icelandic Art Center and Eimskip Shipping Company.<\/p>\n

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nycgovparks.org<\/a><\/p>\n

walkingoffthebigapple.com<\/a><\/p>\n

wn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

juxtapoz.com<\/a><\/p>\n

icelandnaturally.com<\/a><\/p>\n

iceland.is<\/a><\/p>\n

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