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alexandre arrechea: no limit

beginning march 1st, park avenue will be lined with 10 monumental sculptures of iconic new york buildings by cuban artist alexandre arrechea as part of his ‘no limit’ site-specific installation backed by the magnan metz gallery. the pieces - including the chrysler building, citicorp center, empire state building, flatiron building, helmsley building, metlife building, metropolitan life insurance company tower, seagram building,  sherry netherland, and the US courthouse - will in some cases reach up to 20 feet tall, reinterpreted into new foreign elastic forms that investigate  the traditional role of icons in society. the rigid towers are made fluid, as if rolled out from the snail-like base, representing the rather relative  sociopolitical and sociocultural values that rise and fall with the economy.

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Vintage NYC. theartistsmanifesto: The Chrysler Building located in New York City, New York was completed in 1930 and was designed by William van Alen. It was built in a “race for the sky,” a competition to have the honor of being the tallest building in the world.  The building’s main competition was the Bank of the Manhattan Co. Building on 40 Wall Street. It appeared that the Bank building was to win; however, inside the Chrysler Building a massive metal spire was being secretly constructed only to be revealed at the last moment. The building won at the height of 1048 feet and 77 floors. 

Vintage NYC.

theartistsmanifesto:

The Chrysler Building located in New York City, New York was completed in 1930 and was designed by William van Alen. It was built in a “race for the sky,” a competition to have the honor of being the tallest building in the world. 

The building’s main competition was the Bank of the Manhattan Co. Building on 40 Wall Street. It appeared that the Bank building was to win; however, inside the Chrysler Building a massive metal spire was being secretly constructed only to be revealed at the last moment. The building won at the height of 1048 feet and 77 floors. 

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