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'''''Metronome''''' is a large public [[installation art|art installation]] located along [[14th Street (Manhattan)|the south end]] of [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]] in [[New York City]]. The work was commissioned by the [[The Related Companies|Related Companies]], developers of One Union Square South, with the participation of the [[Public Art Fund]] and the [[Municipal Art Society]]. The $4.2 million provided by the developer makes it one of the largest private commissions of public art.
The artwork was created by [[Jones/Ginzel|Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel]] and consists of several sections, including a round circular void from which puffs of
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''Metronome'' and One Union Square, the building to which it is attached, have not been well received by critics or the public. Kristin Jones, co-creator of the work, complains that it is "the most unloved piece of public art in the city".<ref>''The New Yorker'', "Talk of the Town", July 4, 2005</ref> Among ''Metronome's'' critics are ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic [[Herbert Muschamp]], who described it as "Pretentious ... the artists' basic miscalculation was to assume that a large surface called for comparably big forms ... It's just some space in a box with a leaky hole in it."<ref>''[[New York Times]]'', "[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/arts/art-architecture-the-ominous-message-of-a-box-on-union-square.html?scp=8&sq=metronome&pagewanted=all The Ominous Message of a Box on Union Square]", Herbert Muschamp. January 2, 2000.</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' put One Union Square at #2 on its "10 Buildings We Love to Hate" list, calling it "a grotesque modern nightmare."<ref>''The New York Post'', "10 Buildings We Love to Hate", January 9, 2000</ref> James Gaynor of the ''[[New York Observer]]'' wrote of ''Metronome'', "Fail so big that no one can do anything about it ... New York now has its very own [[Wailing Wall]], a site (and sight) of cultural pilgrimage where the death of aesthetics can be contemplated."<ref>''[[New York Observer]]'', "[http://neptune.observer.com/node/42063?page=all Citizens Panic! Art Eats Building on Union Square!]{{dead link|date=March 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}", James Gaynor. October 11, 1999.</ref>
In various [[letters to the editor]], the public has written of ''Metronome'': "Well-intentioned, but ultimately flat, corporate art. It is a confounding installation based on a contrived theme ('the impossibility of knowing Time')";<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/nyregion/l-union-sq-art-wall-is-large-but-ultimately-just-flat-549606.html |title=Union Sq. Art Wall Is Large But, Ultimately, Just Flat – Letter |work=
== See also ==
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