American artist Dan Graham has installed a site-specific work atop the metropolitan museum of art’s iris and b. Gerald cantor roof garden. Situated between ivy shrubs, ‘hedge two-way mirror walkabout’ comprises undulating steel curves and two-way mirrored glass. the structure sits within a specially conceived terrain, designed in collaboration with the Swiss landscape architect günther vogt. Both transparent and reflective, the work ‘challenges viewers to think in new and thought-provoking ways about the streets and cities they traverse every day‘ Thomas p. Campbell, director and CEO of the MET describes. ‘ in his re-imagining of the MET’s roof, visitors will discover a picturesque landscape that is at once unexpected and familiar.’
The installation references old and new, intermingling the aesthetics of formal 18th-century northern European gardens with the sleek corporate skyscrapers of New York city. using glass — one of graham’s signature materials — he complements the expanse of central park that extends through the urban landscape below, and mirrors the tall buildings of midtown Manhattan, forging a historic and complex relationship with both the viewer and its surroundings. The roof garden commission: Dan Graham with günther vogt will be on view from through November 2, 2014.
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