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Field Trips
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Completion Date:
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2003
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Medium:
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Hand Painted Ceramic Tiles
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Dimensions:
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n/a
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Location:
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High School for Teaching Professions
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Address:
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Glen Oaks, Queens
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Architect:
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SBLM Architects
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Sponsor Agency:
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Department of Education
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Design Agency:
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School Construction Authority
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Chris Doyle took to the
streets of Queens to seek out inspiration for Field Trips
. Each of the 250 tiles is hand-painted with a scene that is reminiscent of the borough. Through extensive travels on foot and by car, Doyle surveyed the cityscape and chose specific landmarks, architectural highlights, and urban phenomena to capture on the tiles. The tiles are spread through out the High School for Teaching Professions, so that students might come across new pieces of Field Trips gradually over their time at the school.
About the Artist...
Chris Doyle is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been shown at P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art, the Queens Museum of Art, and at the Sculpture Center. He is represented by Jessica Murray Projects in Brooklyn, where he recently opened a solo show of new work. His major public projects include LEAP, presented by Creative Time, and Commutable, presented by The Public Art Fund. His work has been supported by grants from Creative Capital Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, and NYSCA. He received his Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Boston College and his Masters in Architecture from Harvard University.
Artist Quote...
"The thing that interested me in making Field
Trips is that it really is very much like the way that I think about art in
the city. I try to make things that you might happen upon in the course of your
daily routine but that in some way, they help to heighten that experience.
Field Trips
is incidental in the same way. As you progress through school, you inhabit new parts of the building and encounter new bits of art along the way. By remapping sights from the borough onto the walls, the experience of wandering through the school mimics a walk through Queens."-Doyle, 2004
