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Art by Concourse
Since the opening of the new Albany International Airport terminal in
1998, an Art & Culture Program has been instituted that is
committed to showcasing the artistic and cultural resources of the
Capital Region. A comprehensive exhibition program that features the
work of regional artists, area museum collections as well as national
traveling exhibitions, has enhanced the environment of the airport,
raised the visibility of the area's cultural institutions and identified
the program as a national model for public art.
The new terminal provides an expanse of dramatic vertical space that
is ideal for the presentation of large-scale works. Twenty sites inside
and outside of the terminal have been reserved for the temporary
placement of contemporary artwork that rotates every other year.
For more information about the Art & Culture Program's sculpture installations, please call 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com.
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Second Floor
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Annex Gallery
The Albany International Airport Art & Culture Program and Saratoga Arts have joined forces to present a series of exhibitions on this newly established gallery space. Through this partnership, visitors can enjoy looking at and learning about area artists, who in turn benefit from the opportunity. Saratoga Arts will develop two exhibitions annually, thereby extending their organization's curatorial program and outreach. This effort advances the mission of the Art & Culture Program as well, by creating a new venue in which to showcase the art and artists of our region. |
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Antoinette Honeycomb Martian Concubine
Robert Gullie: Where the Boundaries Fade
Through September, 2013
Robert Gullie is a
photographer, mixed media artist and printmaker. After decades of
producing hand-tinted photographs composed of curiously arranged
objects, Gullie's focus has shifted toward mixed media collage. The
result is a collection of works whose surreal images conjure dream-like
landscapes and interiors.
In this series, the artist combines
selections from vintage and popular print media withmotifs that reflect
his affinity for history and folk art. The works exhibited here are
archival pigment prints of these collages, and their vivid color and
detail is remarkably faithful to the original compositions.
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Second Floor, Concourse B
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Dean Snyder
Lubber
Red cedar, steel rings
1994
Lubber, a sphere of laminated
cedar veneer punctuated with hand-wrought iron rings, sits as a sentinel
to the concourse. Lubber's title refers to a person that is out of sync
with his environment, commonly known in the nautical expression,
"land-lubber", a person not acclimated to seafaring. |
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George Rickey
Four Triangles Hanging
Stainless steel
1974
George Rickey
was one of the world's foremost kinetic sculptors. His is known for
tenuously balanced, geometric steel constructions whose linear
elements and geometric forms move with air currents and gravity. The
artist's primary interest was in how the changing relationships of these
forms shaped the space around them.
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| Past Installations |
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First Floor, Ticket Area
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Picture Postcards
Larry Kagan, 2005,
Steel
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Picture Postcards
Detail
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| Postcards remind us of places we've traveled, or sometimes offer vistas that we'd like to see. These images of landscapes, landmarks, monuments and memories can be posted to loved ones far away, or pasted in scrapbooks for future reflection. Larry Kagan, Professor of Art at Rensselaer, assembled this group of steel sculptures to recall such mementos of journeys near and abroad. |
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Second Floor, Concourse B
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Alaska Airlines (Salmon-Thirty-Salmon)
Boeing 737-400,
Jeffery Milstein, 2007,
Digital Print
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Photographer, architect, and lifetime aviation enthusiast JEFFREY MILSTEIN brings his appreciation for structure, experience as a pilot and sensibility as a visual artist to these photographs of aircraft. Standing beneath the jets as they approach and depart, Milstein suspends their massive, powerful bodies in images that reveal the beauty and detail of their engineering – a rare vantage point. The aircrafts hover over white ground, removed from their habitation of sky and tarmac. As such they are presented as icons of modernity, speed and technological mastery. While their enormity and formidable capacity to transport us around the globe are familiar qualities, Milstein invites us to appreciate the design, color and symmetry of these remarkable machines.
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Sharon Bates, Director
Art & Culture Program
Albany International Airport Gallery hours:
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. daily.
For additional information phone: 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com
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