Nivola in New York I Figure in Field 

Curator's Gallery Tour

Join Docomomo New York/Tri-State for an exclusive gallery tour at The Cooper Union of the exhibition Nivola in New York | Figure in Field, with co-curators Steven Hillyer, Director, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive at The Cooper Union, and Roger Broome, a Brooklyn-based architect and Cooper Union alumnus. 

New York is home to the largest gathering of Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola’s (1911-1988) public artworks, — 21 pieces across all five boroughs, at least 17 of which still exist. This work includes large-scale bas-reliefs, murals, and free-standing sculptural installations created in collaboration with numerous prominent architects over approximately 40 years. This is the first-ever exhibition to tell the story of Nivola’s built New York City projects through maquettes and sculptures, original drawings, site-specific photographs, and related ephemera. 

Designers with whom Nivola created his New York City projects include Harrison & Abramovitz, Raymond Loewy, BBPR, Max Urbahn and Raymond & Rado. Projects elsewhere in the U.S. and as far away as his native Sardinia are also presented. His collaborators on works beyond New York include Eero Saarinen, Marcel Breuer, Paul Rudolph, Jose Luis Sert, HOK and Bernard Rudofsky.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020, 6:00 pm

Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery

The Cooper Union 

Foundation Building

7 East 7th Street (at Third Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

$15 DOCOMOMO Members / $25 General Public. Advance registration required.

Capacity is limited.