| |
 |
| Paper: |
Art, the Urban Skyscraper, and Horizon Astronomy |
| Volume: |
501, Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VIII |
| Page: |
305 |
| Authors: |
Mooney, J. D. |
| Abstract: |
This presentation delineates the historiography and the iconography of my urban public sculptures which use skyscrapers as today's standing stones, markers for horizon astronomy. From 1977 to the present time, my work has engaged the public to “look up and see.” Through ephemeral works in the sky and over the water to large-scale rooftop sculptures in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Europe, viewers are oriented to the Milky Way, the summer triangle, and other celestial phenomena. This new urban scale art, transformative in context and gesture, has become part of the new cultural landscape. |
|
|
|
|
|
