He says having his work on busy Park Avenue for the next six months allows people to engage with it, without having to visit a museum or a gallery. Cole was assisted by a crew from JRAL, a public art contracting company based in New Jersey.Ĭole is a popular artist, with his work represented in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. In all, there were 9,000 recycled water bottles used. The sculptures were commissioned by the Fund for Park Avenue and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Last week, the chandelier and three others were installed on Park Avenue at 69th and 70th streets. "This work that we have here today has been inspired by the city of Newark and the water crisis that we had here a few years back, and this idea of turning something that is a problem into something that is poetic and beautiful art," said Salamishah Tillet, the director of Express Newark. Cole received assistance along the way from students and other artists in the community where he grew up. He added that the Buddhas are printed in special ink so they can survive the weather.Įxpress Newark is a center for socially engaged art and design supported by Rutgers University-Newark.
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