"I think it’s very cool. It’s 7,500 orange gates
surrounding the most famous park in the world."
"It’s dramatic
at night."
"It looks like a shower curtain. When you have
something organic like a park with lakes and trees and grass, it just
doesn’t fit. It’s not organic, unlike what the Japanese do."
Photo: ©Copyright Cheryl Kaplan 2005. All rights reserved.
Courtesy Cheryl Kaplan
"What purpose does
this serve?"
"This just hides the park, I can’t actually see
the trees."
The Gates at night,
Photo:
©Copyright Cheryl Kaplan 2005. All rights reserved.
Courtesy Cheryl Kaplan
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The Gates at night,
Photo: ©Copyright Cheryl Kaplan 2005. All rights reserved.
Courtesy Cheryl Kaplan
"The artist is very
egotistical: he takes things that are beautiful and he puts his own
uni-dimensional cover to it as an improvement, but what has he added?"
"I would have preferred green, actually."
"I was initially
mortified thinking it would be up for a year, since I’m 6 months pregnant.
I couldn’t fathom the idea of my child seeing this as the first image of
the park."
"I like orange. I love how it brings everyone to
Central Park. Otherwise, I’d never ever walk into Central Park at night."
The fact that ecological awareness and large-scale artistic projects such as
The Gates can enter into a meaningful symbiosis is also demonstrated by
the details of the action’s planning: after the gates are taken down, the
massive construction will leave no holes behind in the ground, while the
4,799 tons of steel and sixty miles of plastic banners will be recycled
completely. In case you’re worried about taxpayers’ money, don’t be: the
artists have paid all the costs of the Park’s supervision. As for the end
of New York’s version of the
Indie 500, the only hope to recreate this endeavor would be to collect
enough two-inch swatch samples and sew them together. Now’s your chance!
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