Becoming

Artist

Barbara Baer

Year

2011

Location

The Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St.

Description

Many patrons approach the Lincoln Center along Mulberry and enter off the south parking lot. The tall blank wall of the theatre becomes a giant canvas for the artist Barbara Baer.

Becoming, is a playful representation of the function of the Lincoln Center. The artwork illustrates the process of making/creating art within its scattering of cut shapes. Some of the sculptural forms bolt directly to the building surface, others curl off the brick wall or fold away from it, some reach above the roofline. By playing with positive and negative space, the design uses the wall to create some of the shapes.

The artwork illustrates the process of making/creating art within its scattering of cut shapes. Some of the sculptural forms bolt directly to the building surface, others curl off the brick wall or fold away from it, some reach above the roofline. By playing with positive and negative space, the design uses the existing wall itself to create some of the shapes.

Expanding on the artist’s concept of taking a drawing out of a page from a sketchbook, the metal cutouts are all white. By day, the color is in strong contrast to the darker brick, and by night the forms are illuminated with a color wash across the surfaces.

As part of the renovations of The Lincoln Center, two installations by Barbara Baer were added to the building. The interior piece Curtain is located in the lobby outside the Performance Hall.

Photos

Sculpture lit at night.

Installing the sculpture on the south wall of The Lincoln Center.