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13 Most Wanted Men: Andy Warhol and the 1964 World’s Fair

04.27.14 – 09.07.14

A black and white photograph of Louis Armstrong cheesin’ his pearly whites. His gaze is towards another camera lens. Behind him is a row of police officers. Together, with a crowd of onlookers, they are captured standing. While the police officers are on the curb, Louie is crouching up out of a parked convertible, filled with seated passengers.

Ambassador Satchmo at the World’s Fair An installation in the Museum Café

06.29.14 – 01.19.15

A black and white photograph of a white male, magician. He is standing on a platform and dressed in a tailcoat. In one hand he has a magic stick pointing towards his other hand, holding a top hat. In the background is Queens and the pavilions for the New York Fairs.

Behind the Curtain: Collecting the New York Fairs

07.27.14 – 01.31.16

A visitor stands in a dark exhibition space. The floor is covered with a green carpet. Along three walls are 8 monitors suspended from the ceiling. The monitors are displaying soccer game footage, interviews and diagrams.

Bringing the World into the World

06.15.14 – 10.12.14

An exhibition room with a giant sculpture of a male head on a black stand. The sculpture is black with large specs of color marbled in. Behind the sculpture is a wooden bench, placed in front of two framed illustrations of the same head in black.

Richard Dupont
Object Ritual

05.19.14 – 12.28.14

Roosevelt Island sits in the middle of the frame, with the Queensboro/Ed Kotch Bridge connecting Manhattan on the left and Queens on the right. Manhattan is densely populated with tall buildings, while this section of Queens has small housing buildings. In the back of the frame the Triboro Bridge and the Bronx are visible.

The Panorama of the City of New York

On Long-Term View

A 3D relief map of New York’s water system that was too large for the 1964 World's Fair. Now on permanent view the hilly terrain, the divets and rivers that the Catskills, Croton, and Delaware watersheds flow into are on display. Lights follow the path of aqueducts that lead to New York City.

The Relief Map of the New York City Water Supply System

On Long-Term View

In the foreground is a table surface with recycled, yogurt containers filled with paint, paint brushes, and a pitcher of water. In the background, the artist David Kearns, has his back turned and is painting a mural made up of trees transitioning into fall colors. The mural features a black-haired dog walking amongst the trees and a city scape in the background. The paint style is blotchy and fuzzy with details not completely made out.

David Kearns
Travels with Seamus

01.18.13 – 06.13.18

A dome like spherical model with curved lattice work on the roof and a horizontal wave like structure through the middle. Jutting out from the middle of the sphere are two walkways. The base of the sphere has grass, trees and three figurines walking around.

World’s Fair Collection

On Long-Term View

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