Alice Aycock's Sculptures, "Park Avenue Paper Chase"

These are the new sculptures by American artist Alice Aycock on the Park Avenue Mall between 52nd Street and 57th Street. Entitled "Park Avenue Paper Chase," the monumental pieces really play on the whimsicality of paper objects and the materiality of aluminum and fiberglass. According to the artist, the works are "the metaphorical visual residue of the energy of New York City."

Yellow Tulips Enhance Rafael Barrios Sculptures on Park Avenue

Venezuelan artist Rafael Barrios' sculptures on the malls of Park Avenue now have some attention-grabbing company. The yellow tulips peeked a little early enhancing the beauty of the nine monumental sculptures. The yellow tulips are a Darwin hybrid and came from a nursery on Long Island. Barrios' sculptures appear to be three-dimensional at a distance, but are actually extremely thin, two-dimensional pieces of coated metal. As Barrios described, the sculptures are about “dislocating our perception in such a way that our mind’s eye will insist that you are seeing something that you are not.”

Will Ryman's THE ROSES In Full Bloom On Wintery Park Avenue

In his inaugural public art exhibition, artist Will Ryman's sculptures of pink and red rose blossoms, "The Roses" are installed at Park Avenue Mall between 57th and 67th Streets. The rose blossoms towering as high as 25 feet are made of stainless steel, fiberglass resin, automotive paint and brass. The public art exhibition runs through May 31, 2011.

PARK AVENUE MALL Art By MIA WESTERLUND ROOSEN

Baritone, 2009

Concrete and Foam

Baritone, 2009

Concrete and Foam

French Kiss, 2009

Concrete and Foam

French Kiss, 2009

Concrete and Foam

Juggler, 2009

Concrete and Foam

Juggler, 2009

Concrete and Foam

Juggler, 2009

Concrete and Foam

Current exhibition on the Park Avenue Malls in the landscaped medians between 52nd and 54th Streets features new sculptures by Mia Westerlund Roosen. Her work explores voluminous curves, palpable surfaces, and the sensual body, which she attributes to her continued fascination with dance.  The exhibition runs through August 28.

JAMES SURLS Sculpture Blooms on Park Avenue

Ten Big Standing Bronze Flowers (2008)

All Diamonds (2006)

Knot and Needle (2007)

Walking Molecular Flower (2008)

Big Bronze Walking Eye Flower (2009)

Again, The Flower, The Tree, The Knot and Me (2009)

Colorado artist JAMES SURLS is exhibiting his large-scale bronze and stainless steel sculptures along the Park Avenue Malls from 50th Street to 57th Street through July 1st. 

James Surls is an internationally renowned artist known for creating monumental wood and metal sculptures. Based on natural forms, Surls’ constructions are created using his own iconic imagery of diamonds, vortexes, needles and flowers. Surls’ repetition of forms has created a personal visual language of his own, making each sculpture both a unique work and part of interconnected series. Born in East Texas, James Surls has been based in Colorado since 1998. His artwork has appeared in numerous international and national solo and group exhibitions. He has works in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Surls was instrumental in bringing a national spotlight to East Texas, where he worked and lived from 1977-1997, in part by becoming the founding director of the Lawndale Annex, a dynamic alternative space. Surls was given the Living Legend Award by the Dallas Visual Art Center in 1993 and is currently represented by the Charles Cowles Galley, the Gerald Peters Gallery and the Barbara Davis Gallery.