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'''''Silent Agitator''''' is a sculpture by [[Ruth Ewan]]. |
'''''Silent Agitator''''' is a sculpture by [[Ruth Ewan]]. It is currently on display in St Mungo's Square at the [[University of Glasgow]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thinking Culture |url=https://thinkingculture.gla.ac.uk/event/silent-agitator/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=thinkingculture.gla.ac.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>. Based on work by [[Ralph Chaplin]], the art installation features a clock and the text "time to organize" below.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1955228/aberdeen-artist-amazed-to-have-worked-displayed-in-new-york/|title= Aberdeen artist amazed to have work displayed in New York |website= www.pressandjournal.co.uk|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> The work was inspired by an illustration for the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] with the text, "What time is it? Time to organize!"<ref>{{cite web|last=Desmarais |first=Charles |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/vanessa-hua-going-for-a-wander-on-new-yorks-high-line |title=Vanessa Hua: Going for a wander on New York's High Line | Datebook |publisher=Datebook.sfchronicle.com |access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> |
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[[File:What Time Is It? Time To Organize.jpg|thumb|[[Industrial Workers of the World]] [[Silent agitators]]]] |
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In May 2019, Bloomberg's James Tarmy included ''Silent Agitator'' in his list of "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That’s Not the Vessel)".<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-05-11/new-york-city-s-most-instagrammable-public-art-that-s-not-the-vessel</ref> Inspired by the sculpture, Ewan, the Brooklyn's Women's Chorus, the New York City Labor Chorus, and other performers sang "odes to organized labor" on the High Line at 14th Street, in October 2019.<ref>https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-october-7-1660675</ref> |
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The sculpture was installed along [[Manhattan]]'s [[High Line]],<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-08-30 |title=Ruth Ewan's Silent Agitator and the Industrial Workers of the World |url=https://www.thehighline.org/blog/2019/08/30/ruth-ewans-silent-agitator-and-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world/ |access-date=2020-02-28 |publisher=The High Line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2019-10-10 |title=There's a better life and you think about it, don't you? |url=https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/songs-for-the-silent-agitator/ |access-date=2020-02-28 |publisher=The High Line}}</ref> in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]], from April 2019 to March 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=1917-04-29 |title=Silent Agitator |url=https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/ruth-ewan/ |access-date=2020-02-28 |publisher=The High Line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2019-04-03 |title=Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/art/art763 |access-date=2020-02-28 |publisher=Nycgovparks.org}}</ref> In May 2019, Bloomberg's James Tarmy included ''Silent Agitator'' in his list of "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That’s Not the [[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]])".<ref>{{cite web|author=James Tarmy @jstarmy More stories by James Tarmy |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-05-11/new-york-city-s-most-instagrammable-public-art-that-s-not-the-vessel |title=New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That's Not the Vessel) |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2019-05-11 |access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> Inspired by the sculpture, Ewan, the Brooklyn's Women's Chorus, the New York City Labor Chorus, and other performers sang "odes to organized labor" on the High Line at 14th Street, in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cascone |first=Sarah |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-october-7-1660675 |title=Editors' Picks: 23 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week | artnet News |date=7 October 2019 |publisher=News.artnet.com |access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:17, 8 September 2024
| Silent Agitator | |
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 The sculpture along the High Line in February 2020 | |
| Artist | Ruth Ewan |
| Location | New York City (April 2019 – March 2020) |
Silent Agitator is a sculpture by Ruth Ewan. It is currently on display in St Mungo's Square at the University of Glasgow[1]. Based on work by Ralph Chaplin, the art installation features a clock and the text "time to organize" below.[2] The work was inspired by an illustration for the Industrial Workers of the World with the text, "What time is it? Time to organize!"[3]
The sculpture was installed along Manhattan's High Line,[4][5] in the U.S. state of New York, from April 2019 to March 2020.[6][7] In May 2019, Bloomberg's James Tarmy included Silent Agitator in his list of "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That’s Not the Vessel)".[8] Inspired by the sculpture, Ewan, the Brooklyn's Women's Chorus, the New York City Labor Chorus, and other performers sang "odes to organized labor" on the High Line at 14th Street, in October 2019.[9]
References
- ^ "Thinking Culture". thinkingculture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Aberdeen artist amazed to have work displayed in New York". www.pressandjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ Desmarais, Charles. "Vanessa Hua: Going for a wander on New York's High Line | Datebook". Datebook.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "Ruth Ewan's Silent Agitator and the Industrial Workers of the World". The High Line. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "There's a better life and you think about it, don't you?". The High Line. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "Silent Agitator". The High Line. 1917-04-29. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks". Nycgovparks.org. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ James Tarmy @jstarmy More stories by James Tarmy (2019-05-11). "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That's Not the Vessel)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ Cascone, Sarah (7 October 2019). "Editors' Picks: 23 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week | artnet News". News.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
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