The Whitney, in collaboration with Hudson River Park, has developed a permanent public art project by David Hammons. Entitled Day's End (2014-21), this monumental installation is located in Hudson River Park along the southern edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, directly across from the Museum.
Proposed to the Whitney by Hammons, Day's End takes inspiration from an artwork of the same name by Gordon Matta-Clark. In 1975, Matta-Clark cut five openings into the Pier 52 shed that formerly occupied the site. Hammons's Day's End is an open structure that precisely follows the outlines, dimensions, and location of the original shed-and, like Matta-Clark's intervention, it will offer an extraordinary place to experience the waterfront.
Taking both Day's Ends, as envisaged by Hammons and Matta-Clark, as jumping-off points, the Whitney has also created the Museum's first podcast, Artists Among Us, narrated by artist Carrie Mae Weems. Listen at whitney.org/podcast.
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