The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute is a proud supporter of the upcoming Analogue Sites exhibition coming to Park Avenue in March, 2024.
“Contemporary Art and Cold War Embassies”
Panel Discussion
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:00-6:30 PM
Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Ave, New York, NY
Ahead of the exhibition opening, Otero-Pailos Studio and The Fund for Park Avenue’s Sculpture Committee are proud to preview Analogue Sites, Jorge Otero-Pailos’ forthcoming Park Avenue public sculpture exhibition, during the Winter Show held at Park Avenue Armory from January 19th to 28th, 2024. The preview will consist of a public presentation of Treaties on De-Fences, the artist’s book of prints inspired by the sculptures, and a panel discussion on Contemporary Art and Cold War Embassies held on Wednesday January 24th from 5 PM to 6:30 PM. Moderated by Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D., art historian, independent curator, and member of the Sculpture Committee of The Fund for Park Avenue, the conversation will bring together Jorge Otero-Pailos, artist and preservationist, Jennifer Duncan, Director of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, and David Peterson, author of U.S. Embassies of the Cold War: The Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. It is the first of a series of public programs associated with Analogue Sites exhibition. Analogue Sites exhibition features monumental sculptures created by Otero-Pailos while preserving the former U.S. Embassy in Oslo, a Saarinen-designed landmark. Made from the fence that once surrounded the building, the sculptures will be placed along Park Avenue at East 53rd, 66th, and 67th Streets, creating a dialogue with iconic modernist landmarks, international institutions, and the Park Avenue Armory.
Analogue Sites exhibition is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts with funding provided by the Onera Foundation, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, the AECID, the New York State Council for the Arts, and individual donors. This program is presented by the Winter Show in collaboration with The Fund for Park Avenue, the Onera Foundation and the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE.)
Jorge Otero-Pailos (b. 1971, Madrid) is an American-Spanish artist, preservation architect, scholar, and educator renowned for pioneering experimental preservation practices. Alongside his artistic practice, he is Director and Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP), where he also directs the Columbia Preservation Technology Lab, and where he founded the first Ph.D. program in Historic Preservation in the U.S.. His works have been commissioned by and exhibited at major heritage sites, museums, foundations, and biennials, including the Chicago Architecture Biennale (2017), Artangel’s public art commission at the UK Parliament (2016), the V&A Museum (2015), and the Venice Biennale (2009). He is the recipient of a 2021-22 American Academy in Rome Residency in the visual arts.
