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Art in America, August, 2005

1 Franz West

Recent Sculptures. Seven variously sized, lacquered aluminum forms temporarily sited in front of Lincoln Center in New York, a project of the Public Art Fund.

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2 Martin Blank

Repose in Amber. A 40-foot-long multipart glass sculpture commissioned by the Lurie Company for the lobby of 120 South LaSalle Street in Chicago.

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3 Tony Oursler

Commu. Three video pieces displaying oversize faces among the studs of broken-through wails in an escalator well at the Central Library in Seattle, a city commission.

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4 Mark di Suvero

Isis. A 42-foot-tall work composed of steel beams, cables and the bow of a ship, commissioned by the city and port of San Diego.

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5 Donald Lipski

Got Any Jacks? Nearly 100 fiberglass fish arranged in geometric patterns at the Miami International Airport, commissioned by the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust.

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6 Dennis Oppenheim

Flying Gardens. Twelve 20-foot-long stylized birds in colored Lexan and steel, installed throughout a parking garage at the Sacramento International Airport, a city commission.

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7 Evan Lewis

Anima Librata. A 25-foot-tall kinetic sculpture made of stainless steel and aluminum, in East Lansing, Mich., a city commission.

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8 Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel

Polarities. Three terrazzo floors representing continuous bands of sky, at the Kansas City International Airport, a project of the Kansas City Municipal Art Commission.

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9 Bernar Venet

Indeterminate Line. A 33-foot-tall Cor-Ten steel sculpture installed at the Colorado Convention Center by the Denver Public Art Program.

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10 J.S.G. Boggs

All the World Is a Stage. A 12-by-22-foot digital painting of an English banknote at the Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., a private commission.

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11 Sheila Klein

Leopard Sky. Suspended aluminum panels with mirrors, at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, commissioned by the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County.

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12 The Art Guys

Travel Light. Four hundred translucent fiberglass suitcases with variously colored LED fights, at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, commissioned by the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County.

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13 Brian Tolle

For the Gentle Wind Doth Move Silently, Invisibly. Eight O-foot-tall polyurethane-coated Styrofoam sculptures and plantings "blown" by winds from Lake Erie, a long-term temporary project of the Cleveland Public Art Commissioning Agency.

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14 Devorah Sperber

Reflections. Sixty thousand spools of thread depicting a seascape, and 23 convex mirrors, at the Centro Medico Train Station in San Juan, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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15 Nobuho Nagasawa

Seeding Time. An oak sapling surrounded by occasional mist, boulders and five rings of paving stones charting the tree's projected growth over the next 500 years, at Austin City Hall and Public Plaza, a city commission.

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16 Diller Scofidio

Facsimile. A 15-by-25-foot LED video screen displaying a live interior feed as it moves up and down an armature on the Moscone Convention Center, a San Francisco Arts Commission project.

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17 Ilan Averbuch

Dove Tower and Steps to the Bottom of a Pyramid. A 20-foot-tall, ten-sided granite tower and a ten-step sunken pyramid, both inverted, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, a state commission.

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18 Mary Brogger

Haymarket Memorial. A 15-foot-tall bronze sculpture on the site of a deadly 1886 riot involving labor activists and city police, commissioned by the Chicago Public Art Program.

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19 Andrea Legge, Deborah Eve Lewis, R. Murray Legge

Elevated Prairie. A fingerprint-shaped labyrinth of steel planters, and rolling mounds of earth, at the Central/East Austin Police Substation and Forensics Building, a city commission.

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20 Russell Maltz

Painted, Stacked. Painted cinderblocks stacked at construction sites in various cities and later integrated into buildings, commissioned by the New York-based National Realty Development Corporation.

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21 Rudolf Stingel

Plan B. Floral-patterned carpet temporarily installed at Grand Central Terminal, commissioned by the Art Production Fund, Creative Time, and MTA Arts for Transit.

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