dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: Ilya Bolotowsky
titel: Abstraction
jahr: 1941–1942
adresse: Chronic Disease Hospital (Day room B-111, 1st floor), Welfare Island, New York, USA
+: Mural cycle in circular room, 213 x 1524 cm. WPA/FAP funded. Preserved when the building was demolished in 2013, in care of Cornell University.
«Upon learning in 2011 that Goldwater Hospital would be demolished to build the new Cornell Tech campus, there was deep concern as to the fate of this treasured WPA mural. Fortunately, with the endorsement of the Bloomberg administration, Cornell agreed to include Bolotowsky’s mural as a component in their campus design. In addition, two other previously hidden WPA murals by Albert Swinden and Joseph Rugolo were removed and rescued at the same time.» (MASNYC 2017)
