Silver Spoons Fund Artists
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Artist Jenny Holzer, who turns text into light projections, was at SculptureCenter in Long Island City last Wednesday to accept an award at the organization’s gala, which raised $150,000. “So much of my output doesn’t exist when you turn the power off, so getting something from the SculptureCenter makes me feel substantial,” Ms. Holzer said.
In fact, Ms. Holzer created something quite long-lasting for SculptureCenter: a limited edition of 100 sterling silver spoons engraved with the text, “MONEY CREATES TASTE,” on sale for $1,500 each. Seven spoons were sold at the event, and proceeds will support exhibitions.
After guests admired a sample spoon, they proceeded to the main hall, featuring a rotating mirrored sculpture by Jeppe Hein, stopped to accommodate the dinner tables below it.
More than 200 guests were reflected in the sculpture, including art dealer Howard Read of Cheim & Read; the dean of the Yale School of Art, Robert Storr; a longtime chairman of the gala, Peter Stevens, the executive director of the estate of David Smith; the daughter of sculptor Isaac Witkin, Nadine Witkin, a media producer at the new Fox Business Network; SculptureCenter’s president, artist Fred Wilson, and its executive director, Mary Ceruti.
“This is the only place in New York where artists can make work on this scale,” Ms. Ceruti said of SculptureCenter, housed in a former trolley repair shop built in 1908, and just a few hops and a skip from several subway stations.
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