The Public Art Fund returns to Rockefeller Center after a break of five years since Chris Burden’s “What my Dad Gave Me”. Ugo Rodinone’s stone sculptures should be acknowledged as “real art” by the public. Installation photos on the Public Art Fund Facebook page.
HUMAN NATURE opens on April 23, 2013 and runs until June 7.
Since 1998, Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer have collaborated to present works of art in Rockefeller Center Plaza. Some works include:
Jeff Koons, topiary “Puppy” in 2000
Louise Bourgeois, three massive bronze spiders in 2001
Nam June Paik, “Transmission” in 2002
Takashi Murakami, “Reversed Double Helix” in 2003
Jonathan Borofsky, “Walking to the Sky” in 2004
Anish Kapoor, Sky Mirror” in 2006
Chris Burden, What My Dad Gave Me in 2008
The Art Production Fund did sneak into the Rockefeller Plaza in February of 2008 with Electric Fountain by Tim Noble & Sue Webster.