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NYC Parks to install Neil Hamamoto sculpture "Abstract Concrete" in Canal Park around May 8 for up to a year
Summary
NYC Parks and artist Neil Hamamoto have scheduled a precast-concrete sculpture titled Abstract Concrete for Canal Park, with installation around May 8 and a planned one-year display. The piece is engineered to be freestanding and exceed the park's 800-pound threshold; Parks staff said signage and outreach will accompany the work.
NYC Parks and sculptor Neil Hamamoto will install a temporary public artwork titled Abstract Concrete in Canal Park on or around May 8, with the sculpture expected to remain on site for about a year, committee members heard.
Elizabeth Masella, senior public art coordinator for NYC Parks, told the Community Board 2 Parks & Waterfront Committee that the installation is part of the agency's Art in the Parks temporary public art program and that the artist plans to place the work in the center of Canal Park where the previous sculpture stood. "We just had another sculpture there by Mike Hansel that was just taken out. So this will be going in on or around May 8. We'll be there for a year," Masella said.
The work is by Neil Hamamoto, a New York-based visual artist and founder of the nonprofit Worthless Studios. Hamamoto described the sculpture as part of a new "Wordplay" series that explores language and material: "The work is titled Abstract Concrete. It is a 1 of…
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