September 19, 2012, New York, NY. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking at opening of Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi's installation "Discovering Columbus," a living room-like enclosure around the 13-foot statue of Columbus atop a 70-foot column in New York's Columbus Circle. Nishi is at left.
On September 19, 2012, Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi's latest work was formally opened in New York City. "Discovering Columbus" consists of scaffolding surrounding the 70-foot tall monument to Christopher Columbus in New York's Columbus Circle. Atop the scaffolding is a room over 13-feet high which is built around the 13-foot marble statue of Columbus that sits atop the monument. Furnished as an upscale apartment living room, it will be open to the public, free of charge, from September 20 to November 18, 2012. The installation was commissioned by New York's Public Art Fund. The Columbus sculpture was unveiled in 1892 and was designed by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo. Nishi's project coincides with conservation of the monument which will complete the restoration of Columbus Circle, a project that started in 2005. Nishi, born in 1960, lives and works in Tokyo and Berlin, Germany, and has transformed several other historical monuments by surrounding them with domestic spaces.
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Location: Columbus Circle, New York, NY, US
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