CITY HALL ANNEX
As part of complete renovations of City Hall
Annex, painter Michael Glier is painting three large walls
in the building's two-story atrium to transform the space
into an indoor "garden." The art is organized around four
themes representing ideal missions of the municipal departments
that occupy the building: 'Transparency,' 'Flow,' 'Growth,'
and 'Pleasure.' The images relate to these concepts as they
also give snapshots of the cityscape: birds and roses; ivy
climbing the walls; bicyclists; rowers; a girl lying in the
grass, reading; a view through the wall into an employee lunchroom,
revealing office workers on a coffee break. Besides painting
three large walls in the atrium, Glier will paint panels for
public spaces on the upper floors, repeating some of the motifs
developed in the atrium. In addition, Glier has worked with
the building architects to make changes to the design of a
central staircase, the floor pattern, and lighting. Additional
information on the annex and recent photos can be found at:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/deptann.cfm?story_id=290
Glier has had several one-person exhibitions
at major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New
York; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams;
and Williams College Museum of Art, Williams Town. He has
created a permanent public art memorial in collaboration with
artist Jenny Holzer for the New Rathaus in Leipzig, Germany.
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