The following is excerpted from The New York Times, August 6, 2001 by Daniel Watkin:. "Shedding 7 Coats, a Beauty Emerges on a Hospital Wall". By DANIEL J. WAKIN. For nearly six months, the men of... Read full biography
The following is excerpted from The New York Times, August 6, 2001 by Daniel Watkin:. "Shedding 7 Coats, a Beauty Emerges on a Hospital Wall". By DANIEL J. WAKIN. For nearly six months, the men of Ward B-11 watched restorers chip and dissolve their way through seven coats of institutional paint.... Read full biography
The following is excerpted from The New York Times, August 6, 2001 by Daniel Watkin:. "Shedding 7 Coats, a Beauty Emerges on a Hospital Wall". By DANIEL J. WAKIN. For nearly six months, the men of Ward B-11 watched restorers chip and dissolve their way through seven coats of institutional paint. They breathed the mingled odors of solvent and hospital food. They wondered at the stream of important-looking visitors to their day room. And they witnessed the resurrection of a 1941 landmark of... Read full biography
The following is excerpted from The New York Times, August 6, 2001 by Daniel Watkin:. "Shedding 7 Coats, a Beauty Emerges on a Hospital Wall". By DANIEL J. WAKIN. For nearly six months, the men of Ward B-11 watched restorers chip and dissolve their way through seven coats of institutional paint. They breathed the mingled odors of solvent and hospital food. They wondered at the stream of important-looking visitors to their day room. And they witnessed the resurrection of a 1941 landmark of abstract art in America. It is a mural by the Russian-born artist Ilya Bolotowsky in the circular day room at Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island. The 350-square- foot assembly of lines, right-angled shapes and pastel colors has undergone a... Read full biography
The following is excerpted from The New York Times, August 6, 2001 by Daniel Watkin:. "Shedding 7 Coats, a Beauty Emerges on a Hospital Wall". By DANIEL J. WAKIN. For nearly six months, the men of Ward B-11 watched restorers chip and dissolve their way through seven coats of institutional paint. They breathed the mingled odors of solvent and hospital food. They wondered at the stream of important-looking visitors to their day room. And they witnessed the resurrection of a 1941 landmark of abstract art in America. It is a mural by the Russian-born artist Ilya Bolotowsky in the circular day room at Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island. The 350-square- foot assembly of lines, right-angled shapes and pastel colors has undergone a complete restoration, which was completed on Monday. The mural lay h... Read full biography
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