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December 1, 2003 - February 29, 2004
Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce Winter Light, a new annual series of light-based installations in the Park. This project, which has been in development for over two years, will feature artworks to be illuminated on evenings in December, January and February.
During these winter months, when the Park¹s gates close for the early sunset and the sky darkens in the afternoon, Socrates will continue to have a presence brightening the sky and illuminating the Western Queens waterfront. Winter Light presents works that will become a part of the landscape viewable from points in the immediate area around the Park and across the East River on Roosevelt Island and the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Leo Villareal will present the first project in the Winter Light series which will be exhibited during the month of December 2003. Matthew McCaslin¹s work will be on view in January 2004 and Jude Tallichet¹s in February 2004.
The New York Water Taxi offers a great way to see the Winter Light installations. Take the Water Taxi from any of its stops along the East Side or West Side of Manhattan, Hunters Point in Queens, or Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn and travel along the East River route between Hunters Point (Long Island City) and East 90th Street (Manhattan). For maps and schedule information, visit www.nywatertaxi.com.
Winter Light has been made possible through the generous support of the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Commission of The Greenwall Foundation.
Special thanks to Silvercup Studios, New York Water Taxi, Sandra Gering Gallery, and Sara Meltzer Gallery.
Socrates Sculpture Park is grateful for the support of the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe.