First Symphony of the Sea, 1993
Artworks: Sculpture
Artist
Toshio SasakiArchitect
Goldstone & HinzArchitect/Design Agency
Department of General ServicesCollection
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
Artworks: Sculpture
Artist
Toshio SasakiArchitect
Goldstone & HinzArchitect/Design Agency
Department of General ServicesCollection
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
Materials
Concrete, terrazzo, ceramicsDates
- Installed, 1993
Awards
- Art Commission Award for Excellence in Design 1992
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Description
The Aquarium staff and the architect looked to Toshio Sasaki to articulate the 332 foot, concrete wall that would face the boardwalk at Coney Island as a part of the Sea Cliffs Exhibit, a state-of-the-art marine mammal habitat which is home to walruses, seals, and sea otters. For this expansive site, Sasaki developed the themes of space and time as expressed through sea imagery and motion. Beginning at the Aquarium entrance, the artist introduces familiar fish shapes in three-dimensions that app...
Courtesy of the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program
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Location
Brooklyn, NY 11224
United States
United States
The New York Aquarium
Nearby Items
| Discovery Cove Addition, The Aquarium for Wildlife Preservation | 862 feet |  | ||
| Wavewall (MTA NYCT West 8th St-New York Aquarium Station) | 0.3 miles | | ||
| Wall-Slide | 0.3 miles | | ||
| Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk | 0.3 miles | | ||
| Coney Island Parachute Jump | 0.4 miles | | ||
| The Jim Thorpe Garden Fence and Landscaping | 0.6 miles | | ||
| BMT Facade on building entrance | 0.6 miles | |
