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In New York, an installation presents 100 upside-down aluminum skyscrapers

Artists Elmgreen & Dragset’s first permanent public sculpture references the silhouettes of landmarks from different cities

By Marina Pires

Submitted at Nov 25, 2022, 1:00 PM

03 min de leitura
In New York, an installation presents 100 upside-down aluminum skyscrapers
Elmgreen & Dragset, The Hive New York

(Nicholas Knight/CASACOR)

Suspended from the ceiling of the entrance hall of Moynihan Train Hall , the new train station in Manhattan, New York , the installation The Hive, by the duo Elmgreen & Dragset , offers a surreal and fantastical vision of a global metropolis turned upside down.
Elmgreen & Dragset, The Hive New York

(Nicholas Knight/CASACOR)

Approximately 100 aluminum skyscrapers reference iconic architectural silhouettes from Chicago, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Paris and, of course, New York.

Elmgreen & Dragset, The Hive New York

(Nicholas Knight/CASACOR)

Elmgreen & Dragset, The Hive New York

(Nicholas Knight/CASACOR)

Since 1995, artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset have created sculptures and installations that encourage new perspectives on the structures and systems that govern our lives. Their works transpose and relocate everyday objects into unexpected arrangements and settings, often with subversive humor. The Hive is the artists’ first permanent public sculpture in New York.
Elmgreen & Dragset, The Hive New York

(Nicholas Knight/CASACOR)