NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
At the Eighth Avenue subway station, sewer alligators are not an urban legend.
Anyone who’s been through the 14th St./Eighth Ave. station has probably seen the bronze gator sculpture — and probably wondered what it means and why it’s there.
The underground gators — along with dozens of other whimsical creatures — are part of the permanent art installation housed at the intersection of the A,C,E, and L lines...
Chris du Plessis contemplates a New York that’s lost its multicultural edginess, but the blandness is lifted by playful artworks.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Dick Polich: Transforming Metal Into Art, curated by Daniel Belasco, on display from August 27- December 14, 2014 at The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz.
Artist Statements By
Janine Antoni
Jeff Koons
Tom Otterness
Rona Pondick
Martin Puryear
Joel Shapiro
ISBN No. 978-0-615-86103-6
