The second of a three-part exhibition, Intersections: The Grand Concourse Commissions presents specially commissioned projects by three contemporary artists considering present-day conditions along the Grand Concourse: Katie Holten (Ireland), Kabir Carter, and Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao (Taiwan).
In addition, a special Lobby installation by Acconci Studio will significantly alter the Museum architecture.
tree museum is a public art project by Katie Holten. It runs the length of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, from 138th Street to Mosholu Parkway. The project celebrates the centennial of the boulevard by exploring its communities and ecosystems. Visitors can start their tour of the tree museum at any point on the Grand Concourse – look for the sidewalk markers that identify trees with stories and dial the audio guide at 718-408-2501, followed by a tree's extension number.
Visitor Guides will be available at The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill. To download your own Visitor's Guide, click here.
For more info, please visit www.treemuseum.org
The Bronx Museum of the Arts has commissioned award winning photographer Jeff Chien–Hsing Liao to create a photographic portrait of the borough of the Bronx as it is today—vital, teeming, and changing. Liao will exhibit a suite of 12 large–format photographs of specific points along the Concourse.
background image:
Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao, Yankee Stadiums, 2008
Courtesy of the artist and
Julie Saul Gallery, New York
An alumnus of the Bronx Museum's Artist in the Marketplace program, sound artist Kabir Carter will present an artwork in which live sounds from the Grand Concourse are captured, filtered, modified and streamed onto the Museum's galleries. As part of Performa 09, the Museum will feature a special live presentation by the artist on November 15, 2009.
The first Lobby Project Series by Vito Acconci is generously supported by the Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation and Dolan & Traynor / DuPont Corian®
Katie Holten's Tree Museum was created with support from The Greenwall Foundation's Oscar M. Ruebhausen Commission.
Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100 is made possible by the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation; Council for Cultural Affairs, R.O.C., in collaboration with Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities; Paul and Klara Porzelt Foundation; U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services; New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; Kodak; Team Electric; Jane Wesman and Don Savelson; and Julie Saul Gallery, NY.
