Photos 09 Mar 2008 08:41 am
Steel Trees Down : Photo Sunday
- Perhaps you’ll remember that I posted a couple of pieces about the rise of a sculpture placed in the center of Madison Square Park. These were four trees, two together and another two standing alone. There was also a large steel rock. (see those posts here and here.)
These trees were constructed last April, in time for Spring.
You can see from this photo how well integrated they worked
into the atmosphere of the park.
Just last week I posted this photo showing how
they absorbed the snow around them.
Well, now the trees are coming down. All week long the deconstruction of the trees has developed. I snapped a couple of pictures to record the end of the art pieces and to close the book on this chapter.
I knew the writing was on the wall when the main path
leading closest to the trees was closed to the public.
It didn’t take long for the cranes to arrive.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
Since the principal road was closed for this tear down,
you had to walk the long way around the mall.
I found it noteworthy that they lay out the pieces of the branches in a
controlled way so that they could all be properly reassembled.
Part A goes into Part D attaches to Part R.
Tree in a cage.
Meanwhile, the solo trees are coming down in one big piece.
No more steel trees.
The artist for these pieces is Roxy Paine. You can read about this installation at the Madison Square Park website. The site also includes a video interview with the artist about the sculptures.
They’re officially called, “Conjoined,” “Defunct,” and “Erratic.”
You can see images of other sculptures he’s created at the artist’s site.
