A rendering of Biosignature Preservation on Park Avenue, a sculpture by Jorge Otero-Pailos which will be part of the Analogue Sites exhibition on Park Avenue. © Otero-Pailos Studio | Artists Rights Society ARS.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 6:30 PM

Analogue Sites

Lenfest Center for the Arts

Artist and preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos, GSAPP, presents Analogue Sites, a public sculpture exhibition coming to Manhattan’s Park Avenue this spring. Wrought from the fence that protected the former U.S. Embassy in Oslo—a Saarinen-designed landmark—the sculptures raise awareness about the role of American modern art and architecture in cultural diplomacy and advocate for the preservation of these mid-century embassies. Response by visual artist and Chair of the School of the Arts Visual Arts Program, Matthew Buckingham.

Relocated to New York, the sculptures will be in dialogue with other mid-century icons and international institutions, bringing to light the role of Park Avenue as an art and architectural laboratory of inter-cultural exchange. A related and limited-edition artist’s book of prints, Treaties on De-Fences, further intertwines the curves of the sculptures with the lines of diplomatic treaties from which the sculptures derive their names.

Co-presented by the Barnard + Columbia Colleges Architecture Department; the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, School of International and Public Affairs; and the School of the Arts Visual Arts Program.

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