Sky Mirror
Sky Mirror is a monumental sculpture by internationally renowned artist Anish Kapoor, presented by Tumi at Rockefeller Center from September 19 - October 27, 2006. The exhibition is organized by the New York-based nonprofit Public Art Fund and hosted by Tishman Speyer. This breathtaking, 35-foot-diameter mirror made of highly polished stainless steel stands nearly three stories tall at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center. Sky Mirror offers a dazzling experience of light and architecture, presenting viewers with a vivid inversion of the skyline featuring the historic landmark building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
An urban, contemporary and ever-changing aesthetic variation on the 18th-century landscape painting tradition, Sky Mirror literally brings the sky down to the ground. The concave side of this 23-ton circular stainless steel sculpture is angled upward, facing 30 Rockefeller Plaza, so that it reflects an upside-down portrait of this iconic New York City skyscraper and the shifting sky around it. Its convex side, facing Fifth Avenue, reflects a more earthly vision: viewers in the midst of the adjacent streetscape. The sculpture is freestanding, with polished surfaces that are seamless and uninterrupted. It is an example of what Kapoor describes as a "non-object," a sculpture that, despite its monumentality, suggests a window or void and often seems to vanish into its surroundings.
Text by Public Art Fund.
General Information
Dates - September 19-October 27, 2006
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
It is easily accessible by public transportation:
Subway:
Take the F-D-B-Q subway line to Rockefeller Center (between 47th and 50th streets)
Take the Number 6 subway line to 51st and Lexington Avenue. Walk west to Fifth Avenue to Rockefeller Center.
Bus:
From Fifth Avenue, take the M1, M2, M3, M4 or M5 bus to 50th Street
From Broadway, take the M6 or M7 bus. Exit at 50th Street and walk east to Rockefeller Center.
From 49th Street, take the M27 or M50 bus. Exit anywhere between Fifth and Seventh Avenues.