#fireleibaez

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“To breathe full and free: a declaration, a revisioning, a correction” by Firelei Baez

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For #WomensHistoryMonth we’re highlighting Firelei Báez’s “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada. (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) at the 163 St-Amsterdam Ave (C) station, where the larger than life ciguapas (powerful convention-breaking feminine figures from Dominican folklore) immersed in tropical greenery intertwined with multicultural healing imagery, join passengers on the daily commute. Báez reworks diasporic history in her explorations of feminine mythology and artifacts overlaid onto large-scale maps and documents in her new exhibition at James Cohan Gallery, open through April 25th.

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Firelei Báez: Bloodlines . . #andywarholmuseum #art #pittsburgh #igpittsburgh #fireleibaez (at The Andy Warhol Museum)

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We’re Honored!  We are thrilled and proud that Americans for the Arts Public Art Network has named new #MTAArts projects as among the 50 best public art produced in the country! Congratulations to the artists on their beautiful work: 

Firelei Baez for “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada. (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018), Glass mosaic fabricated by Mayer of Munich, at 163 Street-Amsterdam Av (C)

Ann Hamilton for “CHORUS” (2018), marble mosaic fabricated by Mayer of Munich, at WTC Cortlandt Street (1)

Rico Gatson for “Beacons” (2018), glass mosaic fabricated Miotto Mosaics, at 167th Street (B/D)

Four laminated glass projects on the Astoria N/W line:

Diane Carr for “Outlook” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Glasmaleri Peters, at Broadway

Sarah Morris for “Hellion Equilibrium” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Glassworks, at 39 Av-Dutch Kills

Maureen McQuillan for “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Depp Glass, at 36th Avenue

Stephen Westfall for “Perasma I & II; Dappleganger” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Depp Glass, at 30th Avenue

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If you love Firelei Báez’s vibrant installation at the 163 Street-Amsterdam Av (C train) station (detail pictured here), then you will be happy to know you can see more of her work in NYC this spring! “A Drexcyan Chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways)”, an exhibition of her new work opening tonight at  James Cohan Gallery, includes an immersive installation (pictured) and recent paintings, shining a light on black diasporic symbols of nurturing and resistance. You can also see her work in En Plein Air on the Highline (at 20th Street) depicting a Haitian Sans-Souci Palace ruin that appears to sink into the ground.

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It’s Dominican Independence Day! Firelei Báez’s artwork  at 163rd St-Amsterdam Av (C train) in Washington Heights is situated in a community reported to house the largest Dominican population outside of Santo Domingo.  In the artist’s words about her tropical mosaic installation, “I wanted…residents to be able to say ‘this is me’ or ‘this is something I recognize as my own’.  She added, “I wanted Dominicans to just revel in it”.  The azabaches, ciguapas and other cultural symbols speak of place and the station is well worth a visit!

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“The hottest place to see new art lately has been in the subway” - Today’s Metro New York cover story on #MTAArts!

https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/underground-gallery-how-art-gets-in-the-subway

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Craving Spring? Head to the 163rd Street Subway Stop in Washington Heights

A newly installed artwork at the 163rd Street MTA station vividly depicts flora from the Northeast and the Caribbean.