Sculpture in Gotham : art and urban renewal in New York City

Bogart, Michele Helene, 1952-2018

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Public sculpture is a major draw in today's cities, and nowhere is this more the case than in New York. In the Big Apple, urban art has become synonymous with the municipal 'brand', highlighting the metropolis as vibrant, creative, tolerant, orderly, and above all, safe. 'Sculpture in Gotham' tells the story of how the city of New York came to be committed to public art patronage beginning in the mid-1960s. In that era of political turbulence, cultural activists and city officials for a time shifted away from traditional monuments, joining forces to sponsor ambitious sculptural projects as an instrument for urban revitalisation. Focusing on specific people, agencies and organisations, and both temporary and permanent projects, from the 1960s forward, Michele H. Bogart reveals the changing forms and meanings of municipal public art.