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Fall 2000 Schedule Jeff
Koons Currently on-view at Rockefeller Center, in an exhibition organized by the Public Art Fund, Jeff Koons' Puppy stands where the world-famous Christmas Tree is sited every winter. A sensational feat of sculptural imagination, horticultural dexterity and engineering skill, Puppy is a major artistic achievement that continues to draw huge crowds and critical acclaim. Measuring over 40 feet in height and covered with over 70,000 flowers, Puppy requires 25 tons of soil, and a team of over 50 riggers, horticulturists and volunteers to install. When: Wednesday, September 13 Where: Great Hall, Cooper Union (3rd Avenue between 7th Street and St. Mark's Place) Time:
6:30 p.m. Elizabeth
Peyton Peyton was recently commissioned by the Public Art Fund and developer Forest City Ratner Companies, to create a series of prints for the newly opened Embassy Suites Hotel in Battery Park City, and the Hilton Times Square. Peyton's prints, five in total, feature portraits of recognizable celebrities and a rendition of a close friend, all in her idiosyncratic style. Her facility for portraiture comes through in her interpretations of Prince William, Prince Harry, Jackie O. and John-John that appear throughout the hotel's guestrooms. When: Thursday, October 12 Where: Great Hall, Cooper Union (3rd Avenue between 7th Street and St. Mark's Place) Time:
6:30 p.m. Tony
Oursler This October Tony Oursler will inaugurate his first major public project in New York in Madison Square Park. As part the Public Art Fund's first exhibition in the Target Art in the Park series, Tony Oursler's The Influence Machine kicks off the Halloween season on October 19th and will be on-view nightly from sunset to 10:00 p.m. during the two-week exhibition. When: Wednesday, October 25 Where: Great Hall, Cooper Union (3rd Avenue between 7th Street and St. Mark's Place) Time:
6:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, December 5, 2000 Where: Great Hall, Cooper Union (3rd Avenue between 7th Street and St. Mark's Place) Time:
6:30 p.m.
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