Their simple, elegant forms are both archetypal and modern. The last of our Public Art Fund works is Andrea Zittel's A-Z Deserted Islands, six floating sculptures sited in the Central Park Pond. Originally created for the 1997 Munster Sculpture Project, Zittel's white, fiberglass islands double as boats. In Munster, A-Z Deserted Islands had to be anchored in stationary positions because the audience was using them like bumper cars. In their present location they seem to be on short leashes, and can only be reached by the brave or foolish.
Most viewers can only imagine the pleasure of the voyage while enjoying their beauty.
They're stylishly sleek as they float like cool chunks of ice and, in the hottest of New York summers, the irony was not lost on the comfort seekers at the water's edge. Zittel has sited two more accessible works at Doris C. Freedman Plaza on the corner of the park at 60th Street and Fifth Avenue. An A-Z Land Brand, the work is Andrea Zittel's first public project in the United States. The foundation of this project was laid with Raugh, her most recent exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery. There she constructed two large, artificial rock formations made of soft gray foam that functioned as natural furniture in the gallery.