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Erected from an old wooden water tank, reinforced with three-inch-thick
walls, the resin tank sits between two working water towers,
the inspiration for Whiteread's response. Shying away from obvious
locations for public art, and the commotion at street level,
a view from under the Brooklyn Bridge at the silhouetted water
towers cemented her idea: a piece of public art that dissolves
into the background structure of the city, while questioning
how people relate to the(ir) city. Most New Yorkers may believe
that the water towers dotting the city are ugly, but they are
part of the architectural vocabulary of that place, and Whiteread's
piece celebrates that fact. |
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