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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452216403321

Autore

Senie Harriet

Titolo

Tilted Arc Controversy [[electronic resource] ] : Dangerous Precedent?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8166-9272-6

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

730/.92

Soggetti

Public sculpture

Serra, Richard

Public sculpture - Public opinion - New York - New York (State)

Sculpture

Visual Arts

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Commission, Installation, Removal; 2. Public Opinion; 3. Reframing the Controversy; 4. After Tilted Arc; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since its installation at and subsequent removal from New York City's Federal Plaza, noted sculptor Richard Serra's Tilted Arc has been a touchstone for debates over the role of public art. Installed in 1981, the 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long curved wall of Cor-Ten self-rusting steel instantly became a magnet for criticism. Harriet F. Senie explores the history of Tilted Arc, including its 1979 commission and the heated public hearings that eventually led to its removal in 1989. She examines the tactics of those opposed to the sculpture and the media's superficial and sensational coverage of the