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The Real World, (sculpture). Artist:  Otterness, Tom, 1952- , sculptor. Tallix, founder. Carr, Lynch, Hack & Sandell, landscape architect. Mariano Brothers, contractor. Title:  The Real World, (sculpture). Dates:  1991-1992. Installed summer 1991-summer 1992. Dedicated June 4, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze with patina, stone, brick, and wood; Base: stone with stainless steel bolts. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 15 x 20 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 20 x 25 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  "The project consists of a multitude of bronze sculptures integrated within a seating area in the north east corner of North Park. A cast concrete roadway imbedded with oversized bronze pennies and footprints unifies the piece. Numerous creatures crawl along the path surrounded by little people. The central focus is an apartment house and a vacuum creature surrounded by two semi-circular pools, pennies and small people. At the north entrance to the area are two ape figures and a vertical DNA chain. Other sculptures can be described as: large head, telephone on a table, large fist, large foot with foot print, chess pieces on chess table, a dog leashed to a drinking fountain. Sculptures on the retaining wall include a grouping of cat, bird, and worm; a turtle and a seated man; and a frog on a lilypad. There are three individual sculptures on lamps. A dodo bird is seated in the children's playground to the south." Subject:  Fantasy -- Animal Object -- Other -- Money Architecture exterior Figure -- Head Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Figure -- Fragment -- Foot Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Biology Object -- Other -- Telephone Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Chess Animal -- Dog Animal -- Cat Animal -- Insect -- Worm Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Hippopotamus Figure male Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Battery Park City Authority, New York, New York Located Battery Park City, Hudson River Park, New York, New York Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of Battery Park City Art Collection's Technical Information Sheet which includes information on copyright and maintenance of the piece. The Technical Information Sheet also describes the entire installation, including the walkways and landscaping of the North Park area. For related information see Sculpture Magazine (March-April 1993) which also contains a photograph of a portion the installation. IAS files contain a copy of the Sculpture Magazine article as well as several other articles which discuss the New York and Washington exhibitions of various elements of The Real World. These exhibitions were held prior to the June 1992 installation. The Battery Park City Art Collection's Technical Information Sheet refers to the location of the installation as North Park while the various articles discussing the installation refer to the location as Hudson River Park. IAS image files contain photographs of only some of the sculptures in this installation. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY000073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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