British multimedia artist Charlotte Colbert will debut her largest public work to date in Manhattan next Tuesday.
Her twin 30-foot steel sculptures, titled “Dreamland Sirens” and “Where Angels Live,” will rise in pedestrian plazas across the Flatiron NoMad and Meatpacking Districts.
The installations, part of Colbert’s “Chasing Rainbows” project, aim to transform streets into immersive art experiences. Flatiron South Plaza at Broadway and 23rd Street will unveil the first sculpture at 4:45 p.m., followed by the second at 14th Street Square at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue at 5:30 p.m.
The reflective steel figures draw on fairy tales and archetypal symbols, designed to contrast the city’s monumental architecture with childlike imagination. Colbert said the works encourage passersby to “pause in the rush of the city and look up with wonder.”
The exhibition is curated by public art agency New Public, in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation Art Program, the Flatiron NoMad Partnership, and the Meatpacking District Management Association.
James Mettham, president of the Flatiron NoMad Partnership, said the sculptures will activate public spaces in ways residents and visitors rarely see, while Jeffrey LeFrancois, executive director of the Meatpacking District, called the project “a bold first for both neighborhoods.”
Colbert, a filmmaker and multimedia artist whose work has been exhibited at the V&A, Art Basel, and Frieze, will bring her surrealist vision to the public realm for the first time in the U.S
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