Maquette
Photo credit: Jin S. Lee
Accession Number: C.2019.54.2
Dimensions: 15 in X 24 in X 1.5 in
Dimensions (Metric): 38.1 cm X 60.96 cm X 3.81 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 38.1 cm X 60.96 cm X 3.81 cm
Source: Sandra Bloodworth
Credit Line: Gift of Sandra Bloodworth with the consent of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Description
Maquette with a convex bronze tile in the center and the word "Mother" engraved in the center of the tile. The square bronze tile is set within a section of glass subway tiles attached to a white foam board.
Maquette with a convex bronze tile in the center and the word "Mother" engraved in the center of the tile. The square bronze tile is set within a section of glass subway tiles attached to a white foam board.
Historical Notes
This maquette represents the design idea for Link, by Sandra Bloodworth, a public artwork submission to MTA Art & Design for the Cortlandt Street subway station.
This maquette represents the design idea for Link, by Sandra Bloodworth, a public artwork submission to MTA Art & Design for the Cortlandt Street subway station.
Curator's Comment
On September 11, 2001, debris from the collapsing Twin Towers pierced the nearby Cortlandt Street subway station of the MTA’s number 1 line, pushing rubble into the underground tunnel and destabilizing its infrastructure. The severity of damage required the station’s emergency closure. It remained shut for nearly 17 years until, on September 8, 2018, public access to the downtown station was finally restored.
This maquette represents an unrealized public artwork proposed for the Cortlandt Station and created by Sandra Bloodworth, the Director of the Arts & Design Division at the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Titled Link, the idea imagined universal words—like mother —incorporated into the rebuilt station’s walls. These would be materialized as bronze tiles randomly inset amid the white ceramic tiles customarily used for the subway system’s pedestrian passageways and platforms. The subtly curved word-tiles would be touchable. The overall concept intended to bring meaning to subway patrons by capturing the essence of relationships lost that day, whether directly or indirectly.
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On September 11, 2001, debris from the collapsing Twin Towers pierced the nearby Cortlandt Street subway station of the MTA’s number 1 line, pushing rubble into the underground tunnel and destabilizing its infrastructure. The severity of damage required the station’s emergency closure. It remained shut for nearly 17 years until, on September 8, 2018, public access to the downtown station was finally restored.
This maquette represents an unrealized public artwork proposed for the Cortlandt Station and created by Sandra Bloodworth, the Director of the Arts & Design Division at the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Titled Link, the idea imagined universal words—like mother —incorporated into the rebuilt station’s walls. These would be materialized as bronze tiles randomly inset amid the white ceramic tiles customarily used for the subway system’s pedestrian passageways and platforms. The subtly curved word-tiles would be touchable. The overall concept intended to bring meaning to subway patrons by capturing the essence of relationships lost that day, whether directly or indirectly.
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