Day Into Night Into Day

2021 138 Street (4, 5) New York City Transit

Amy Pryor's mosaic artwork "Day Into Night Into Day" depicts the shifting hours of daylight and darkness over four seasons. Based on a 24-hour clock and reminiscent of pie charts, these five mosaic panels were fabricated by Mayer of Munich. The cyclical works keep pace with the round-the-clock commuter. Seasonal sunrises, sunsets, night, and daylight hours are rendered in a spectrum of associated colors, highlighting the cosmic energy involved in determining the length of our days and nights. These prismatic markers of time are overlaid with charts of the stars that are rarely visible from the Bronx.