Nocturne of the Limax maximus at MoMA
November 17 '10 - February 28 '11
New York
Museum of Modern Art
Museum Lobby
Since the 1990s, New York–based artist and landscape designer Paula Hayes (b. 1958) has produced botanical sculptures—organically shaped vessels made from blown glass, silicone, or acrylic and filled with a rich variety of plant life—that expand upon the classic terrarium, both through their imaginative containers and the microcosmic universes within.
Hayes has conceived an installation for the Museum lobby that includes a fifteen-foot-long, wall-mounted horizontal sculpture for the west wall, and a free-standing, egg-shaped, floor-to-ceiling structure nearby. Organic in form and containing a variety of living plants, the vessels will add a joyful vitality to the lobby, enlivening the space during the winter season.
Watch the progress of the design at the Inside/Out, a MoMA/MoMA PS1 blog here
Nocturne of the Limax maximus by Paula Hayes
Nocturne of the Limax maximus by Paula Hayes
Nocturne of the Limax maximus by Paula Hayes
