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May 24, 2013

Behind the Scenes: Installing Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue has debuted to critical acclaim, drawing in visitors of all ages and backgrounds and eliciting a gamut of reactions: curiosity, intrigue, bewilderment, awe – and pure delight! With over 2½ years of planning, conceiving, reworking, and production, Red, Yellow and Blue has been fully realized with the inimitable help… Read more

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Behind the Scenes: Sourcing Materials for Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Comprised of 1.4 million feet of hand-knotted and painted rope, New York-based artist Orly Genger’s monumental Red, Yellow and Blue is a testament to the installation’s sheer physicality and the tireless dedication amongst the artist, her assistants, the Mad. Sq. Art staff – and some very committed lobstermen (and women)! Ten percent of the rope… Read more

May 23, 2013

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

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May 22, 2013

Free Public Tours: Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue

Wondering where New York-based artist Orly Genger procured the 1.4 million feet of rope required to create Mad. Sq. Art’s latest monumental installation in Madison Square Park? Or how the 100,000 pounds of rope was shipped to the park? Learn this and so much more about Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue on one of Mad…. Read more

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May 9, 2013

ARTINFO Interview: Orly Genger’s Waves of Color in Madison Square Park

Orly Genger’s “Red, Yellow and Blue” (2013) at Madison Square Park. Photo by James Ewing/ Courtesy of the Madison Square Park Conservancy. By Kristen Boatright Published: May 9, 2013 Bringing a nautical feel to Manhattan’s Madison Square Park, New York-based artist Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue is splashing the park with the primary colors… Read more

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May 2, 2013

Mad. Sq. Artist Orly Genger Featured in The New York Times

“If I could put my body into my work,” Orly Genger likes to say, “that would be the ultimate.” Some might argue that she does that already in her sculptures. Over the last 10 years, Ms. Genger has become known for creating ambitious installations from seemingly endless coils of rope that she crochets and teases… Read more

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Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue Inaugurated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg inaugurated Mad. Sq. Art’s current exhibition, Red, Yellow and Blue by New York-based artist Orly Genger. Sited at the work’s vibrant red lawn, the press conference was perfectly complemented with gorgeous weather and blue skies with the Empire State Building peering over Madison Square Park’s lush… Read more