The opening reception featured short remarks by Dr. Alexandra v. Arnim, Director of the KOENIGmuseum Landshut, Dr. Holger A. Klein, curator of the exhibition and Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, Columbia University, and Gordon Huie, New Yorker and survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German modernist sculptor Fritz Koenig on June 20, 1014 presents an exhibition celebrating the preeminent artist with a focused spotlight on his most famous work in New York City, namely his Great Caryatid Sphere for the World Trade Center. The show presents the story of Koenig’s ‘Sphere’ from its conception in 1968 and manufacture in the artist’s studio at Ganslberg near Landshut, its installation in New York and life as a fountain sculpture, to its destruction in the 2001 terrorist attacks, subsequent rebirth as the first 9/11 Memorial in Battery Park, and eventual return to the site of the World Trade Center in 2017.
The exhibition was presented in collaboration with the KOENIGmuseum Landshut, and The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. The exhibition will run for three days only and will be the last art show before the renovation of 1014 Fifth Avenue.
Curated by Dr. Holger A. Klein, Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, Columbia University.
Photos: Gili Benita
VENUE ACCESSIBILITY
Unfortunately, 1014 Fifth Avenue is in the process of being refurbished, and is not fully accessible in its current state. We apologize to our guests and kindly ask you to contact j.isaacs@1014.nyc if you need further information or assistance. We will do our best to enable everyone to join us.