Event Horizon

Saturday morning, before hitting the galleries, I stopped by Madison Square Park to see Antony Gormley's "Event Horizon". Though his show at the gallery made The Top Five, the installation at the park blew me away. THE best site-specific work I've ever seen. Yes there are plenty of site-specific works that function in cooperation with nature or within a space, but this is the first I've seen to use the city itself. 31 life-size human sculptures are placed on dozens of building tops around the city - all facing Madison Square Park. I expected to view these as suicide jumpers and feel a degree of concern, but I was only concerned for myself - strangely paranoid. There were easily over 100 people in the park, and it felt like these sculptures (some over 10 blocks away) were only watching me. creepy.. and awesome.