Title & Author:

Art in the Stations : the Detroit people mover / the book collaborative, Irene Walt [and others] ; photography by Balthazar Korab.

Publication:

Detroit : Art in the Stations, 2004.

Description:

xiii, 74 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 32 cm

Notes:
Foreword / Samuel Sachs II -- Preface & acknowledgments / Irene Walt -- Patrons of 'Art in the Stations' -- Introduction / Irene Walt -- The history : Detroit deserves no less -- The commission -- Artist selection -- Community contributions -- Pewabic pottery -- Map of the stations.
The stations : Station 1 Times Square : Untitled / Anat Shiftan (Pewabic pottery) -- In honor of W. Hawkins Ferry / Tom Phardel (Pewabic pottery) -- Station 2 Michigan Avenue : Voyage / Allie McGhee -- On the move / Kirk Newman -- Station 3 Fort/Cass : Progressions II / Sandra Osip -- Untitled / Farley Tobin -- Station 4 Cobo Center : Cavalcade of cars / Larry Ebel, Linda Cianciolo Scarlett -- Station 5 Joe Louis Arena : Voyage / Gerome Kamrowski -- Station 6 Financial district : "D" is for Detroit / Joyce Kozloff -- Station 7 Millender Center : Detroit new morning / Alvin Loving, Jr. -- Station 8 Renaissance Center : Siberian ram / Marshall Fredericks -- Path games / George Woodman -- Station 9 Bricktown : Beaubien passage / Glen Michaels -- Station 10 Greektown : Neon for the Greektown station / Stephen Antonakos -- Station 11 Cadillac Center : In honor of Mary Chase Stratton / Diana Pancioli (Pewabic pottery) -- In memory of Madame de la Mothe Cadillac / Carlo Romanelli -- Station 12 Broadway : The blue Nile / Charles McGee -- Untitled / Jun Kaneko -- Station 13 Grand Circus Park : Catching up / J. Seward Johnson, Jr.
People on the move -- Irene Walt -- Balthazar Korab -- The artists -- Contributors to Art in the Stations of the Detroit People Mover (1984-1992).

Summary:

From the Publisher: The art in the Detroit People Mover stations is a world-class collection with a uniquely Detroit sensibility. When the People Mover, Detroit's elevated transit system, was being planned, the stations were designed simply to serve as basic points of entry and departure, but in 1984 Irene Walt and the Downtown Detroit People Mover Art Commission, a volunteer committee also known as Art in the Stations, undertook the task of incorporating major works by contemporary American artists into the thirteen People Mover stations. As a result Detroit now has one of the most impressive collections of public art in the country. With lush photographs by Balthazar Korab and accompanying narrative, Art in the Stations examines each of the gorgeous works that grace the People Mover stations. The works of ten Michigan artists reference Detroit whenever possible: the mosaic in the Cobo Hall station depicts seven full-scale automobiles; at the Grand Circus Park stop, a bronze life-sized figure reads the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News; the Financial District station is titled "'D' is for Detroit"; and the art in four stations was constructed entirely of Detroit's world-renowned Pewabic pottery tile. A stunning guide through the city's People Mover art installations, Art in the Stations documents Detroit's rich culture and testifies to the perseverance and hard work that made the display of this art possible.

ISBN:

0974539201
9780974539201

Subject:

Public art Michigan Detroit.
Art, Municipal Michigan Detroit.
Local transit stations Michigan Detroit.
Art public Michigan Detroit.
Art urbain Michigan Detroit.
Transports publics Gares, stations, etc. Michigan Detroit.
Art, Municipal.
Local transit stations.
Public art.
Michigan Detroit.

Added entries:

Walt, Irene.
Korab, Balthazar.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 233547
Call No.: N8845.D6 A77 2004
Status: Available