From the Archives: Fourth of July Fireworks at New York Harbor.

Articolo tratto da Artinamericamagazine a firma Carter Ratcliff

While browsing the A.i.A. archives for content to publish online in recognition of Independence Day, we were surprised to find an exhibition review on the 1986 Fourth of July fireworks display in the New York Harbor. The event was a part of Liberty Weekend, a four-day celebration of the centenary of the Statue of Liberty and the 210th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Art critic Carter Ratcliff describes the pyrotechnics as if he were standing in front of an abstract painting, and we find his sincerity to be endearing.

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Cai Guo-Qiang: This is China—Peaceful Celebration (detail), 2001, digital rendering from his fireworks-display proposal for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, Shanghai. Photo courtesy Cai Studio, New York.

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