Brian Tolle Whitney Biennial 2002 - Waylay
About the Exhibition
Artists Keith Edmier, Roxy Paine, Kiki Smith, Kimsooja, and Brian Tolle were commissioned to make dynamic new works suited for specific sites within Central Park for the Public Art Fund and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s cocurated exhibition in Central Park as part of the Whitney Museum’s 2002 Biennial Exhibition. Together, these five installations represent a broad overview of contemporary approaches to public art that are both thought-provoking and accessible to the largest possible audience.
Bow Bridge is the white 19th-century cast-iron landmark spanning the Central Park Lake. There, beneath the bridge, Brian Tolle (b. 1964, New York City, NY) presents Waylay, a series of scattered splashes that appear to be caused by someone skipping a rock across the water. Created by an invisible underwater system of compressed air valves, this piece has both a playful and ghostly presence, subtly disrupting the everyday calm of the lake.
Photo Gallery
The Whitney Biennial in Central Park, organized by the Public Art Fund, is sponsored by Bloomberg. The exhibition received additional support from City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Challenge Grant 2002, The Third Millennium Foundation, and Melissa and Robert Soros.
Keith Edmier’s Emil Dobbelstein and Henry J. Drope, 1944 is a project of the Public Art Fund program In the Public Realm, which is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, The Greenwall Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, The Silverweed Foundation, The JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and friends of the Public Art Fund.
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