{"id":3773,"date":"2024-01-19T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2024-01-19T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T00:36:32","slug":"art-at-amtrak-welcomes-rico-gatson-for-latest-art-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3773","title":{"rendered":"Art at Amtrak welcomes Rico Gatson for latest art installation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amtrak<\/a> is pleased to kick off\u00a0Art at Amtrak<\/em>\u2019s third year with the latest installation at New York Penn Station by New York-based artist Rico Gatson, which will open on Thursday, 25th January. The art, Untitled (Collective Light Transfer),\u00a0<\/em>will cover the entire station concourse and remain on view through the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe latest\u00a0Art at Amtrak<\/em>\u00a0showcase weaves light, color and culture together to surprise and delight customers and station visitors,\u201d said Amtrak<\/a> Vice President, Northeast Corridor Service Line Jina Sanone. \u201cAs we enter the third year of the popular\u00a0Art at Amtrak\u00a0<\/em>program, your next journey through the station will be even brighter and more inspiring thanks to the brilliant vision of local artists like Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n

Untitled (Collective Light Transfer)<\/em>\u00a0features geometric compositions alongside a carefully selected color palette, which illuminate the station with pulsating energy and evoke a sense of resonating rhythm and vibration. Radiating lines and concentric circles echo the collective movement of bodies circulating throughout the station.<\/p>\n

Gatson\u2019s artistic process layers ideas and inspirations he has ruminated on throughout his career, such as spirituality, African, Native and Indigenous artistic practice, music as a transcendental force, illumination as a concept, abstract mathematics and the role of art in counterculture movements and political identity. In totality, the designs in\u00a0Untitled (Collective Light Transfer)<\/em>\u00a0come together to uplift, reflect, and guide travelers as they move between the rotunda, the concourse, their train and their next destination.<\/p>\n

Art at Amtrak\u00a0<\/em>launched in June 2022 and has commissioned temporary installations for New York Penn Station by New York and New Jersey artists including Shoshanna Weinberger, David Rios Ferreira, Derrick Adams, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Ghost of a Dream, Saya Woolfalk and Dahlia Elsayed. In 2023, the initiative grew to include the Metropolitan Lounge at Moynihan Train Hall, where Karen Margolis\u2019 four-panel artwork\u00a0Continuum\u00a0<\/em>is permanently installed, as well as Amtrak\u2019s<\/a> William H. Gray 30th\u00a0Street Station in Philadelphia and Washington Union Station. More information about\u202fArt at Amtrak<\/em>, including pictures and details about each installation\u202fcan be found on the Amtrak<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

Art at Amtrak<\/em>\u00a0has been curated by Debra Simon Art Consulting since the program\u2019s inception. Simon was Director of Public Art at the Times Square Alliance; created Arts Brookfield, the largest privately funded public art program in the United States; and co-founded the River to River festival.<\/p>\n

\n

More Like This<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAF EDI strategy driving positive change<\/a><\/h3>\n

Erika Lewis appointed CEO at Connected Places Catapult<\/a><\/h3>\n

Transport Focus Chief to take over as chair of Independent Rail Retailers<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amtrak is pleased to kick off\u00a0Art at Amtrak\u2019s third year with the latest installation at New York Penn Station by New York-based artist Rico Gatson, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}