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Target Art in the Park
 
May 31, 2001 - September 30, 2001

Madison Square Park

Marking the revitalization of Madison Square Park, Target Art in the Park--a three-year series of contemporary art exhibitions--kicked off its second summer season in New York with major installations by international artists Teresita Fernández, Navin Rawanchaikul, and Tobias Rehberger.

Teresita Fernández's installation Bamboo Cinema created new views of Madison Square Park by luring visitors into an eight-foot tall plexi-glass "bamboo" labyrinth that perforated the surroundings much like a slow-moving film strip. The vertical walls of the labyrinth were constructed of staggered, transparent plastic poles of differing diameters and heights that were silk-screened with a vertical, striped pattern of intense green and yellow hues. These bamboo-like stalks were embedded in the ground in concentric circles creating a translucent circular maze. The transparent poles allowed different degrees of visibility from every angle. As in the earliest examples of cinematic devices, the vertical lines acted as a continuous shutter, constantly interrupting any movement so that it appeared to flicker.

Artist Bio
Teresita Fernández was born in 1968 in Miami. She received her BFA from Florida International University, Miami and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. She is known for her architectural installations that have involved everything from rooms of colored light and false ceilings to empty swimming pools and 17th century garden design. Fernández has exhibited throughout the United States with solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; SITE, Santa Fe; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami. She lives and works in New York.

Sponsorship
This exhibition was the second of a three-year public art program called Target Art in the Park, organized by the Public Art Fund on behalf of the City Parks Foundation and sponsored by Target Stores.

 

Location
Madison Square Park is located on Madison Avenue between 23rd and 25th Streets. Bamboo Cinema was placed on the lawn near the 25th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance to the park.