Also I just don't consider a giant wall of LED displays to be art. It's not permenant, it's technology and will be out of date in less than a decade. So while the concept and the content is awesome, I just see it as a way to display art and not art itself. A statue or mobile (like the sick Calder in the Sears) is far more permenant. I don't dislike the LED concept, but it's bound to break down or be replaced over time.
Then again this building is sculptural enough on it's own that I don't mind all that much! Maybe they could commission something that plays off the structural theme in the same way as Calatrava's little plaza art did in the spire design? Maybe balance a huge cone of rock on it's point or something cool like that?
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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
At least Louise Nevelson's Dawn Shadows at Madison Plaza is still visible from the public sidewalk.
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What happened with this one anyhow? Was the art there first and then they built the building around it or did the art go up with the building and the lobby was a later addition?