In the greater New York area,
more than 8 million people use the subways, commuter trains and buses of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) each day to navigate the busy city.
The founders of the New York City
subway believed every design element in the system should show respect to its
customers and enhance the experience. Continuing with that tradition, the MTA
launched an Arts & Design division during a massive rebuilding of the
system in the 1980s. This division oversees the selection of artists and
installations permanently installed throughout the MTA system, “creating a
first-rate museum filled with more than 300 works by world famous, mid-career
and emerging artists” and connecting commuters with people, sites and
surrounding neighbourhoods.
As part of major renovations to
nine stations along the Sea Beach Line in Brooklyn, artists were selected
to create permanent artwork for inclusion in the station renovations. Four of
the artists chosen for the Sea Beach Line projects—Sally Gil, Karen Margolis,
Eamon Ore-Giron and Emilio Perez—selected Mosaicos Venecianos De México, a
member of TCNA Mexico, to translate their designs into smalti (enamel glass
mosaics). The pieces were fabricated with LATICRETE products and shipped to New
York for their installation along the platforms at MTA New York City Transit
Authority’s 86 Street, Avenue U, 18th Avenue and Bay Parkway stations.
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