Events /The Met Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas

Courtesy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Adrián Villar Rojas, Marian Goodman Gallery and Kurimanzutto. Photo: Jörn Baumann

"The Roof Garden Commission: The Theater of Disappearance" (2017), by Adrián Villar Rojas. Courtesy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the artist; Marian Goodman Gallery; and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Photo: Jörn Baumann.

Courtesy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Adrián Villar Rojas, Marian Goodman Gallery and Kurimanzutto. Photo: Jörn Baumann

Museums & GalleriesUpper East Side

The Met Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas

Name: The Met Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas
Start: 2017-04-14T04:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-10-29T04:00:00.000Z

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placeFifth Ave. at 82nd St., Manhattan, NY, 10028

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The Met's seasonal rooftop installation, The Theater of Disappearance by Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas, comprises 16 sculptures that combine human figures with replicas of objects from the museum's collection. The sculptures, made with 3-D scanning and other advanced imaging techniques, include a statue of King Haremhab from Egypt's New Kingdom and Daniel Chester French’s Mourning Victory.

In addition to the black, white and gray tiled floor on which his pieces sit, the artist worked with museum staff to redesign the pergola, landscaping and seating areas as well as the bar's menu to fully unite the roof garden's many uses.

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