MGM's Massive Art Program at CityCenter
March 13, 2008 at 9:30 AM |
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The folks of Sin City are going to get a $40 million project that doesn't involve gambling, drinking, or burlesque shows. Instead Las Vegas will be getting a $40 million fine art program at the ginormous City Center by MGM Mirage, mega-retail/hotel/residential/gaming complex.
The amazing list of artists adding to the aesthetics of CityCenter include Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer and Nancy Rubins, who are collaborating with CityCenter's architects to create permanent site-specific commissions. This is the first time that ANY artist of this caliber will create a new work of art specifically for Las Vegas.
Additional pieces are being acquired for the program by artists such as Claes Van Oldenberg, Frank Stella, Henry Moore and others.
Maya Lin's work sounds pretty crazy. The gaming resort at CityCenter will feature her 120-foot silver cast of the Colorado River which will be suspended above the reception area.
At CityCenter Jenny Holzer's work will be at the Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences. Guests will be welcomed by one of her LED signs spanning 387 feet wide. Nancy Rubins' work will be at the Vdara Condo hotel and will be a composition of numerous rowboats, kayaks, canoes, small sailboats and other water crafts that will span 40 feet tall, 50 feet wide and 70 feet long.
Despite the lack of water in the Vegas desert (although there's plenty of man-made pools), Rubins' work will have a name all visitors to Sin City can understand---Big Pleasure Point.
MGM CityCenter will open in late 2009.
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juliana
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