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Sculptor Alex Da Corte Brought a Bright Blue Big Bird to the Metropolitan Museum of Art s Rooftop—See Images Here
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Alex Da Corte,
As Long as the Sun Lasts for the 2021 Roof Garden Commission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, installation view. Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In the 1985 film
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Big Bird gets kidnapped by a traveling circus. Its owners paint him blue, cage him, and force him to sing the song “I’m So Blue” for their audience.
Thankfully, Big Bird seems to have made his escape in Alex Da Corte‘s new roof garden commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He perches in all his feathered glory atop a crescent moon and clutches a ladder as he floats through space, balanced atop a fully functioning Alexander Calder-style mobile. The ladder suggests that he is not stranded, and that he has the ability to end his isolation.
Philadelphia-based Artist Alex Da Corte Delivers Whimsy to The Met s Rooftop
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: Installation view of Alex Da Corte (American, b. 1980), The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts, 2021. © Alex Da Corte. Courtesy of the artist; Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen
For The Metâs 2021 Roof Garden Commission, Philadelphia-based artist Alex Da Corte (born 1980) has created a 26-foot-tall kinetic sculpture featuring the beloved
Sesame Street character Big Bird and the modern aesthetic of Alexander Calderâs standing mobiles. The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte,
On the Metâs Roof, a Wistful Fantasy Weâve Been Waiting For
âAs Long as the Sun Lastsâ is a winsome crowd-pleaser that turns gentle circles without ever getting anywhere.
âAs Long as the Sun Lasts,â Alex Da Corteâs 26-foot-tall installation for the Cantor Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features a full-size, custom-made, blue but otherwise true-to-life Big Bird.Credit.Caroline Tompkins for The New York Times
By Will Heinrich
April 15, 2021Updated 11:28 a.m. ET
The other day I saw a giant bird perching on a sliver of crescent moon. It was clutching a comically short ladder, and the whole scene â an installation by the conceptual artist and designer of immersive environments Alex Da Corte â was on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum, tucked into a corner of one of New York Cityâs most spectacular patios.
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