Blue Tile Wall 9 11 Museum

The newly opened 9 11 museum features just one artwork from spencer finch.

Blue tile wall 9 11 museum.

The artist spencer finch commissioned by the national september 11 memorial museum has created a skyscape of as many hues as lives lost at ground zero. Thursday and friday 12 to 7 p m. Many of us who were living in manhattan on september 11 2001 feel no urgent need to visit the 9 11 memorial museum that opened last month. The repository provides a dignified and reverential setting for the unidentified and unclaimed remains of the world trade center victims as.

The 9 11 memorial museum is comprised of three basic materials concrete aluminum and wood all of which are intended to evoke both the raw character of the site and the period of recovery. These words are part of a larger art installation in the 9 11 memorial museum created in 2014 by artist spencer finch titled trying to remember the color of the sky on that september morning the installation is the focal point for memorial hall the area between the two main exhibitions at bedrock in the museum. Check out tripadvisor members 47 780 candid photos and videos of the national 9 11 memorial museum. A repository for the remains of 9 11 victims under the jurisdiction of the office of chief medical examiner of the city of new york ocme is located at bedrock at the world trade center site.

And then i read the description of the piece trying to remember the color of the sky that september morning 2983 water color paper squares. On display are a quote from roman poet virgil and a mosaic of nearly 3 000 blue tiles that signify the clear blue sky on the morning of 9 11 adding to the poignancy of the museum. The impact was complete like a flood of water over a wall. The paper an echo of the fallen paper on 9 11 and the missing posters that appeared everywhere.

The blue tiles are from artists memories of how blue the sky was on 9 11. Get tickets museum store. Thursday and friday 12 to 7 p m. Saturday to wednesday 10 a m.

The national 9 11 memorial museum new york city picture. In fact a neighbor of mine in new jersey whose son perished in the attacks has literally not gone into manhattan since although it s a 45 minute train commute made by thousands of people every day. 9 11 memorial open daily. Each a different unique shade of blue.