Lobby Art
The fusion of art and architecture at One Vanderbilt creates captivating and awe-inspiring spaces. Our team procured pieces and incorporated design elements that enhance the occupant experience and play a vital role in shaping the building’s identity.
Tony Cragg is a world-renowned British Sculptor based in Germany. This piece is from his ongoing Point of View series whereby the artist draws on both the natural world and industrial systems to create new forms of sculptural language. The three columns displayed in One Vanderbilt’s lobby weigh over 2,000 pounds each and the reflective surfaces engage with the surrounding lobby architecture. Tony Cragg designed the sculpture specifically for the lobby at One Vanderbilt, responding to both the soaring lobby entry to and the location opposite Grand Central Terminal.
Cragg’s work has been widely exhibited in New York City, including an exhibition entitled Walks of Life at Madison Square Park in 2014 and Monumental Sculptures on the Park Avenue Malls in 2018. His commission for One Vanderbilt is his first permanent public sculpture in New York. Much of Cragg’s recent work comprises anthropomorphised monumental works, which hint towards representations of the human face through the manipulation of bronze and stainless steel into un-dulating and topographical forms. Point of View possesses a totemic quality yet any sense of permanence is undermined by the ephemerality of the work. This is achieved by way of the highly polished stainless steel of the piece’s surface. It is as if the work is a frozen rivulet of water, both delicate and fleeting.
The Art installation positioned just in front of the One Vanderbilt main lobby marble wall consists of 540 bronze pieces that are designed to reflect light and convey a sense of movement. The pieces are installed at an angle, echoing the various diagonal architectural features that are characteristic of One Vanderbilt, including the terracotta spandrels that clad the full height of the building and the angular parapets at the top of the tower. This feature enriches the visual layering of the tower entry with a sense of something dynamic, free floating, and uplifting.
Tony Cragg is a world-renowned British Sculptor based in Germany. This piece is from his ongoing Point of View series whereby the artist draws on both the natural world and industrial systems to create new forms of sculptural language. The three columns displayed in One Vanderbilt’s lobby weigh over 2,000 pounds each and the reflective surfaces engage with the surrounding lobby architecture. Tony Cragg designed the sculpture specifically for the lobby at One Vanderbilt, responding to both the soaring lobby entry to and the location opposite Grand Central Terminal.
Cragg’s work has been widely exhibited in New York City, including an exhibition entitled Walks of Life at Madison Square Park in 2014 and Monumental Sculptures on the Park Avenue Malls in 2018. His commission for One Vanderbilt is his first permanent public sculpture in New York. Much of Cragg’s recent work comprises anthropomorphised monumental works, which hint towards representations of the human face through the manipulation of bronze and stainless steel into un-dulating and topographical forms. Point of View possesses a totemic quality yet any sense of permanence is undermined by the ephemerality of the work. This is achieved by way of the highly polished stainless steel of the piece’s surface. It is as if the work is a frozen rivulet of water, both delicate and fleeting.
The Art installation positioned just in front of the One Vanderbilt main lobby marble wall consists of 540 bronze pieces that are designed to reflect light and convey a sense of movement. The pieces are installed at an angle, echoing the various diagonal architectural features that are characteristic of One Vanderbilt, including the terracotta spandrels that clad the full height of the building and the angular parapets at the top of the tower. This feature enriches the visual layering of the tower entry with a sense of something dynamic, free floating, and uplifting.
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