Broken Art
Logs at the Mount in Central Park Central Park's Mount (home to the park's chief composting station ) is one of my favorite places. Typically, it is filled with mountains of wood chips and logs that have not, as of yet, been chopped up. It's a haunting place particularly when some of the park's older trees find their way there as has been happening all too frequently of late. “Hiding your motives is despicable / the only way to be pure is to stay by yourself” (Jenny Holzer) Today, the Mount was home to something that was a bit more of a mystery -- a massive piece of broken marble inscribed on all visible sides with words. There it rested a top a pile of assorted debris with its broken corners carefully pieced together on top. Unexpected and strangely evocative of a gravestone. "Money Creates Taste" (Jenny Holzer) Upon arriving home, I did a bit of googling. As it turns out, the Public Art Fund had staged a showing of...