The Albany International Airport's Art & Culture Program presents large-scale sculptures in addition to commissioning site-specific installations. The Airport is an ideal venue for exhibiting three-dimensional works, particularly those that may be suspended within its vast vertical spaces. We have been fortunate to exhibit pieces by prominent twentieth century artists such as Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, and George Rickey. Like the site-specific projects, the Art & Culture Program welcomes proposals from regional artists and issues stipends to artists whose work is selected by the Exhibition Committee. The work is exhibited for a minimum of two years.

For more information about the Art & Culture Program's sculpture installations, please call 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com.

Second Floor, Concourse B
Lubber, Dean Snyder, Red Cedar, Steel Rings, 1994	Dean Snyder's large and looming piece, 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.
Four Triangles Hanging, George Rickey, Stainless Steel, 1974	Four Triangles Hanging was created by artist George Rickey, who was one of the world's foremost kinetic sculptors. His work consists of tenuously balanced geometric steel constructions which combine linear elements and geometric forms, moved by air currents and gravity. The artist's primary interest was in the fluctuating relationships of these forms in shaping the space around them, rather than in the shapes themselves.
Past Installations
Soft Chandelier, Ginger Ertz, Chenille stems, steel, Installed 2007 - 2009	Ginger Ertz' Soft Chandelier added elegance, humor and surprise to this two story stairwell. While an ornamental chandelier might ordinarily be placed in such a location, there was something about the fuzzy surface created by the chenille stems that evoked a sense of playfulness. In addition to having a chandelier-like appearance, it also brought to mind simple undersea creatures, a theme that is repeated often in Ertz' work.
Left to right: Closeup 4, Closeup 2, Closeup 6, Open Wide Harold Lohner, Monoprints, 2008	Larger than life, these portraits by Harold Lohner embody a masculine vitality and charisma. The artist gathers hundreds of anonymous images and then recounts what seem to be recurring and significant gestures and expressions. While these monoprints are singular impressions of ink on glass and therefore highly individualistic, the portraits themselves blend the features of many faces with layers of pattern and color. Like faces in a crowd, these portraits emerge from and recede into motifs that both define and obscure them. The fluidity of marks and boldness of color animate these characters and add to the illusion that these are people that we've met - perhaps neighbors, or colleagues or fellow travelers.
Jeanne Flanagan, Photographs of site specific installations and works on paper, Installed 2008-2009	Jeanne Flanagan's work spans very divergent processes and materials. Through drawing and painting within the privacy of a studio, she explores ideas in a fluid, relatively spontaneous manner. These works on paper were often the catalysts for carefully planned, laboriously crafted large outdoor public sculptures. Flanagan describes these images and sculptures as hybrids that are composed of a number of different ideas and relationships. Both the works on paper and sculptures resemble topographical maps, and while the drawings are important to the development of the sculpture, many stand alone as territories unto themselves.
Millipede, Bill Botzow, Wood and polyester line,  1995; Installed 2000-2005	Millipede was composed of branches of varying length and thickness that the artist gathered and bound together to create a long, spiraling form reminiscent of a giant, multi-legged creature.
Four at Forty-Five, Alexander Calder, Polychromed sheet metal, 1996; Installed 2000-2002	Recognized as the inventor of the  mobile, Calder has been heralded for the 'whimsical gaiety' that characterizes his mobiles, sculpture, paintings, drawing and jewelry.
Queen Links, Paul Mauren, Steel and cement, 1998;  Installed 2000-2002	Queen Links is a sculpture based on presenting sections of a chain in a configuration similar to what we would observe at the bow of the ship, Queen Mary.
Burden of Flight, Diane Cox, Pigment on fiberglass, 1998; Installed 1998-2003	A group of four giant painted birds suspended in parachute straps yearned longingly for the runway, reflecting a desire for flight also common among humans.
Flyer, Evan Reed, Wood and canvas, 1996;  Installed 1998-1999	Flyer represents a vehicle to transport our bodies. It is a symbol for moving, delivering and containing ourselves and acts as a surrogate for the condition we find ourselves in.

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