5 in 1 explained
5 in 1 is a 35adj=midNaNadj=mid, 75000lb painted CorTen steel sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed at 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York.[1] [2] Commissioned by the government of New York City in 1971 at a cost of $80,000, it was created between 1973 and 1974, and installed on the brick paved pedestrian mall of 1 Police Plaza.[3]
Rosenthal titled "5 in 1" as a metaphor for each of New York City's five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. He created the 35x sculpture with five interlocking discs representing each of the boroughs.[4] Each of the five interlocking discs weighs . At the time of its installation in 1974, "5 in 1" was the largest metal public art sculpture installed in New York City.[3]
Reception
Art critic Blake Gopnik has described 5 in 1 as a piece of "plop art".[5]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Blake Gopnik . 5-in-1 by Tony Rosenthal is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik . The Daily Beast . 6 September 2012 . 2016-07-20 . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815215720/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/5-in-1-by-tony-rosenthal-is-the-daily-pic-by-blake-gopnik.html . live .
- Web site: The Public Art of Tony Rosenthal. 1 August 2009. The New York Times. 20 July 2016. 2 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131202044207/http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/01/arts/design/20090801RosenthalSS_index.html. live.
- News: Glueck. Grace. 1974-02-02. '5 in 1' Getting It All Together. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-11-08. 0362-4331. 2023-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002203550/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/02/archives/5-in-1-is-getting-it-all-together.html. live.
- Web site: Tony Rosenthal 5 in 1 One Police Plaza. 2020-11-08. www.tonyrosenthal.com. 2020-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012251/http://tonyrosenthal.com/5IN1.htm. live.
- News: Gopnik . Blake . 5-in-1 by Tony Rosenthal is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik . The Daily Beast . 6 September 2012 . en . 16 June 2023 . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531154625/https://www.thedailybeast.com/5-in-1-by-tony-rosenthal-is-the-daily-pic-by-blake-gopnik . live .
