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Here Is New York
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Completion Date:
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2000
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Medium:
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Cut paper
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Dimensions:
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8' x 8'
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Location:
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Public School 161
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Address:
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101-33 124th Street, Queens
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Architect:
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Richard Dattner and Partners Architects
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Sponsor Agency:
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Board of Education
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Design Agency:
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School Construction Authority
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For Here Is New
York
, located at P.S. 161, Lane Twitchell created framed images out of cut and folded paper, measuring 8 foot (2.4 m) square, to recount the history of New York City and State. In the center of the composition, New York is depicted as a home to Native Americans living in the abundant natural world. The chronological narrative radiates outward and includes images of the first Europeans arriving by ship and the attendant slave trade, the Revolutionary War, the building of the Erie Canal, the Draft Riots, the emancipation of slaves, the creation of the subway system, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the emergence of our complex modern metropolis. Twitchell paid particular attention to the borough of Queens and the neighborhood of Richmond Hill, with images of native son and nineteenth-century photographer Jacob Riis, the Queensborough Bridge, the 1939-40 World's Fair, LaGuardia International Airport, and P.S. 161.
About the Artist...
Lane Twitchell was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Twitchell received his B.F.A. from the University of Utah and his M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has exhibited primarily in the New York area at venues such as the Steffany Martz Gallery, Deitch Projects, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.
Artist Quote...
"In
creating Here is New York
, I wanted a piece that spoke to a variety of audiences on different levels. On the most basic level the work is a giant snowflake, like those children make during the holidays. On another, more complex level, the piece tells the history of New York. I hope in this way the work transcends the merely decorative to be a meaningful and instructive part of P.S. 161." -- Lane Twitchell, 2001
