Hell, Yes! |
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28.11.2007
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| I've been following the progress of the fantastic new New Museum of Contemporary Art building designed by Japanese architects SANAA on the Bowery in Manhattan with interest. It's the first art museum ever constructed from the ground up in downtown Manhattan. The beautiful anodised aluminium mesh exterior covering the building's six stacked rectangular boxes emphasises the ramshackle colour of its Lower East Side surroundings. It also provides a great surface for attaching artworks, fridge magnet-style, like the Ugo Rondinone rainbow sign “Hell, Yes!” (2001), originally shown at F A Projects in south London and reprised here to celebrate the Museum's opening. |
Ugo Rondinone: Hell, Yes! New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York Ugo Rondinone: Hell, Yes! In situ at F A Projects, London SANAA interview + project photography DesignBoom SANAA project photography ArcSpace |
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone's “Hell, Yes!” rainbow sign, attached to the façade of New York's new New Museum of Contemporary Art building, November 2007 (Photo: Willow Tyrer)