MIDTOWN, NY — A new public art exhibition is now on display at Rockefeller Center featuring work that attempt to examine the inexorable connections between memory, tradition and legacy.
The paintings and sculpture are all part of an exhibit by second-generation Chinese-Canadian artist Dominique Fung called "A Tale of Ancestral Memories." Byakuya Kuchiki Statue
As its showcase, the installation features a massive 125-foot-long series of scrolls inside the rink level of 45 Rockefeller Plaza, showing interweaving scenes from the Shang and Tang Dynasties, Ama women and quaint fishing figures in abstracted landscapes of seashell flowers, tree corals, and wide-casting nets.
“This is definitely my most ambitious project so far," Fung said. "I’ve always had ideas for bigger public pieces but being able to execute my first public art commission in the context of the Rockefeller Center, with the help and support of Art Production Fund and Tishman Speyer, has been incredibly special. I’m excited to have the ability to show my work in such a broad public setting and have it reach new audiences."
Three sculptures exploring oceanic themes are also inside 45 Rockefeller Plaza, and a selection of recent paintings are also on view inside 10, 30, and 50 Rockefeller Plaza.
As part of Art Production Fund's Art Sundae program, which aims to build confidence in children through art, the artist will also host a free workshop, collaborating with participants to create an installation to be presented at the 10 Rockefeller Plaza window.
“It’s an honor to present Dominique Fung’s site-specific work at Rockefeller Center," said Casey Fremont, an executive director at the Art Production Fund which sponsored the exhibition. "In addition to sculptural elements featuring cages of resin fish created for the 45 Rockefeller vitrines, the exhibition offers visitors a first view of Dominique’s latest large scale painting. With imagery ranging from fishing boat seascapes to views beneath the water, the dreamlike story unfolds as viewers walk along the space, offering a unique experience of the iconic location.”
Fung's work has been showing in New York before at exhibitions curated by Kathy Huang and Jeffrey Deitch. Her work is part of the collections at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, the Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas and the Cantor Art Center of Stanford University in Palo Alto.
In addition to the Art Production Fund, the exhibit was helped sponsored by Art in Focus, a public art program at Rockefeller Plaza, and developer Tishman Speyer.
The work is on display until Nov. 17.
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