Mags Harries and Lajos Héder explained

Mags Harries and Lajos Héder are artists working collaboratively to create public art across the United States from their studio.[1]

Career

A married couple, they formed Harries/Héder Collaborative in 1990 and have worked together on major public art commissions[2] since then. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they have completed over thirty public projects with budgets up to $6 million. They designed Acoustic Weir in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Biographies

Mags Harries (born 1945), a Welsh sculptor born in Wales, attended Leicester College of Art before immigrating to the United States to study at Southern Illinois University. She teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on sculpture, installation, and public art.[4] Her 1976 work Asaroton was installed in Boston.[5] She created the Glove Cycle installation at a Boston subway station in 1984.[6] [7] Two of her untitled 1972 prints are held by Harvard Art Museums,[8] and a 1975 charcoal on paper work Theater is held by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[9]

Lajos Héder, an artist born in Hungary, studied architecture and urban planning at Harvard University. Before forming Harries/Héder Collaborative, he worked on community projects, urban design, site planning, architecture, and construction.[10] He was the principal author of the US Department of Transportation's Aesthetics in Transportation (1980).[11]

They have two daughters, writer/director Sian Heder[12] and author/artist Thyra Heder.[13]

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010-09-17. Mags Harries & Lajos Héder at 4Culture artist registry. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100917194635/http://4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.aspx?ArtistID=19. 2010-09-17. 2020-12-12.
  2. Book: Cohen, Michele . Public Art for Public Schools . Michael Bloomberg . Stan Ries . 194 . 2009 . Monacelli Press . 978-1-58093-215-8 .
  3. Book: Sinclair, Jill . Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape . 152 . 2009 . . 978-0-262-19591-1 .
  4. Web site: King. Elaine A.. 2019-07-02. Latitude to Comment and Play: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Héder. 2021-08-05. Sculpture. en-US.
  5. Tanga . Martina . Burnishing History: Mags Harries' 1976 Asaroton . Public Art Dialogue . 2 January 2018 . 8 . 1 . 50–71 . 10.1080/21502552.2018.1430293. 194991938 .
  6. Boorstin, Robert O. Take the Red Line ... Please. Artists on the Line at the Carpenter Center through March 9. The Harvard Crimson. February 26, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  7. http://www.harriesheder.com/projects/transportation-projects/glove-cycle/ Glove Cycle
  8. Web site: From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21946) . harvardartmuseums.org . 3 April 2022 . en.
    Web site: From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21947). harvardartmuseums.org . 3 April 2022 . en.
  9. Web site: Theater . collections.mfa.org . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . 3 April 2022 . en.
  10. Web site: Mags Harries School of the Museum of Fine Arts Tufts University. 2021-08-05. smfa.tufts.edu.
  11. Book: Héder . Lajos . Aesthetics in Transportation: Guidelines for Incorporating Design, Art and Architecture Into Transportation Facilities . 1980 . U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Environment and Safety . 3 April 2022 . en.
  12. Web site: Meek. Tom. Sian Heder's 'Tallulah' Pulls From 'Surreal Experiences With Bad Moms'. WBUR. July 26, 2016. July 29, 2016. July 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160728155848/http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/07/26/sian-heder-netflix-tallulah. live.
  13. Web site: Thyra Heder. Thyra Heder. 2016-07-29. 2016-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530042110/http://www.thyraheder.com/. live.
  14. News: Making art for everyone from Phoenix to Wales to their own hometown, Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Heder are changing the landscape one project at a time . . May 7, 2000 . January 6, 2010 . October 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103034/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE4F75EBA4AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . live .
  15. News: Cambridge's 'Water' works as accessible, playful piece . . November 4, 2001 . January 6, 2010 . Mary . Sherman.
  16. News: 2 turn Arizona Falls site into artistic link to past . Arizona Republic . May 29, 2003 . April 3, 2022. Phoenix, Arizona . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: Public art displayed in Miramar City gets new art pieces at library and cultural center . . October 26, 2008 . January 6, 2010 . Chris . Guanche . October 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024151940/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1582818681.html?dids=1582818681:1582818681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26,+2008&author=Chris+Guanche&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PUBLIC+ART+DISPLAYED+IN+MIRAMAR+CITY+GETS+NEW+ART+PIECES+AT+LIBRARY+AND+CULTURAL+CENTER&pqatl=google . dead .
  18. Web site: Phillips. Hannah. A History of Mueller SunFlowers in 60 Seconds. 2021-08-05. Culture Trip. 7 June 2017.

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