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Museum in Transit: 10 Contemporary Artists in the NYC Subway

by Xhingyu Chen

A gallery beneath the city

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A gallery beneath the city

Museum in Transit brings together public artworks installed in New York City subway stations and transit hubs, including mosaics, glass panels, sculptures, and installations. Its ten artist-focused sections place work made for the transit system alongside each artist’s broader body of work, creating compact retrospectives as well as a visual survey of art encountered in everyday public space. The roster spans Firelei Báez, Nick Cave, Jane Dickson, Marcel Dzama, Jeffrey Gibson, Al Loving, Portia Munson, Eamon Ore-Giron, Liliana Porter, and Jean Shin. The book connects the practical setting of a city’s transit network with questions of artistic vision and broad public access.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in public art and contemporary artists.
  • For New York City transit enthusiasts curious about the artwork in stations and hubs.
  • For art-book readers who enjoy artist-focused visual surveys.

Themes

Public art in transit spacesContemporary artists and their broader workArt in everyday public life

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Book overview

Juxtaposing their public art for the program with their broader oeuvre, Museum in Transit provides mini retrospectives that address how each artist produced artworks with wide appeal while adhering to their personal vision.

Highlighting mosaics, glass panels, sculptures, and installations installed in subway stations and transit hubs throughout the system, the book is a visual journey through an underground museum--one that millions of commuters pass through every day, often without realizing they are surrounded by world-class art.

Here are the artists included in the book:

Firelei Baez, Nick Cave, Jane Dickson, Marcel Dzama, Jeffrey Gibson, Al Loving, Portia Munson, Eamon Ore-Giron, Liliana Porter, Jean Shin

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