A ceiling fan that simply broke down in one of the rooms had to be repaired, and carpeting has had to be replaced. Real said Walker intends to employ the method the next time the piece is displayed. We're helping them realize their ideas. Some artists aren't particular about what the museum uses to fix their work, said Christopher Rauhoff, the museum's exhibitions coordinator. Others, like Neto, have provided the museum with replacement material.
People walking through the beaded curtain sometimes tug on the strings.
The piece, which required the Carnegie to build a new wall and install IV tubes to bring water to 3,000 tiny holes on the face of the wall, made stops at four museums before arriving here. The piece had to be closed while the gutter was built. My hope is that we've contributed to the success of any future attempt to do the piece. Rauhoff likened the installation of the exhibition to the making of a movie, since so many hands were needed to create some of the pieces. Grynsztejn noted that this relationship between artist and museum requires the artist to trust an institution before letting it construct his or her work.