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Parkside Portal
2018
86 St (B, C)
New York City Transit
The six colorful glass mosaic and ceramic tile murals in Joyce Kozloff’s "Parkside Portals" offer a view of the Upper West Side through a micro and macro lens. The perspective shifts from aerial views of Central Park West using Google Earth satellite technology, to a zoom-in on the lavish design elements found on the neighborhood’s majestic building facades. Kozloff riffs on this majesty and embellishes with her eye for color and knowledge of the community, gleaned from the decade that she lived on the Upper West Side. Framing these details are the trees of Central Park during the four seasons of the year.
This artwork is an homage to the architecture of Central Park West, and its Beaux-Arts and Art Deco ornamentation. It also includes a map of Seneca Village, a five-acre settlement founded in 1825 that was the first community predominantly made up of African-American landowners. It was situated where Central Park now sits. Kozloff collaborated closely with Miotto Mosaic Art Studios and Travisanutto, Giovanni SRL, who translated her intricate paintings into glazed tiles and glass mosaics.
This artwork is an homage to the architecture of Central Park West, and its Beaux-Arts and Art Deco ornamentation. It also includes a map of Seneca Village, a five-acre settlement founded in 1825 that was the first community predominantly made up of African-American landowners. It was situated where Central Park now sits. Kozloff collaborated closely with Miotto Mosaic Art Studios and Travisanutto, Giovanni SRL, who translated her intricate paintings into glazed tiles and glass mosaics.
